#BDA79C#BDA79C

#BDA79C is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.030 H 48.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA79C
RGB	rgb(189, 167, 156)
HSL	hsl(20, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(20, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 17.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, 6.18, 8.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 10.60, 54.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.44% 0.0201 0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(74.44% 0.03 48.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.8056, 40.8576, 37.1828)
Luminance	0.4086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA79C #9CB2BD

analogous

#BD9CA1 #BDA79C #BDB79C

triadic

#BDA79C #9CBDA7 #A79CBD

tetradic

#BDA79C #A1BD9C #9CB2BD #B79CBD

square

#BDA79C #A1BD9C #9CB2BD #B79CBD

split-complementary

#BDA79C #9CBDB7 #9CA1BD

monochromatic

#866859 #A58677 #BDA79C #D5C8C1 #EEE8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BDA79C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#BDA79C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA79C

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA79C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA79C	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA99B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AD9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda79c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 167, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.030 48.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c1b9',
    500: '#bda79c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda79c;
$custom-light: #d1c1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda79c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74438,
    "c": 0.03017,
    "h": 48.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA79C

secondary

#D5DCE0

accent

#819E47

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA79C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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