#BDA79D#BDA79D

#BDA79D is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.029 H 46.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA79D
RGB	rgb(189, 167, 157)
HSL	hsl(19, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(19, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 16.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.10, 6.33, 8.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.10, 10.28, 51.95°)
OKLab	oklab(74.47% 0.0205 0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(74.47% 0.029 46)
XYZ	xyz(40.8906, 40.8916, 37.6306)
Luminance	0.4089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA79D #9DB3BD

analogous

#BD9DA3 #BDA79D #BDB79D

triadic

#BDA79D #9DBDA7 #A79DBD

tetradic

#BDA79D #A3BD9D #9DB3BD #B79DBD

square

#BDA79D #A3BD9D #9DB3BD #B79DBD

split-complementary

#BDA79D #9DBDB7 #9DA3BD

monochromatic

#86685A #A48678 #BDA79D #D6C8C2 #EEE9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BDA79D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#BDA79D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA79D

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA79D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA79D	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA99C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AD9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda79d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 167, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.029 46.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c1b9',
    500: '#bda79d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda79d;
$custom-light: #d1c1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda79d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.75,
    "s": 19.512,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74465,
    "c": 0.02946,
    "h": 46
  },
  "luminance": 0.40891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA79D

secondary

#D6DDE0

accent

#839E48

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA79D

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

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