#BDA896#BDA896

#BDA896 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.035 H 62.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA896
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 150)
HSL	hsl(28, 23%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(28, 21%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 20.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.19, 4.70, 12.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.19, 12.97, 68.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% 0.016 0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.035 62.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.4939, 41.0272, 34.6342)
Luminance	0.4103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA896 #96ABBD

analogous

#BD9698 #BDA896 #BDBC96

triadic

#BDA896 #96BDA8 #A896BD

tetradic

#BDA896 #98BD96 #96ABBD #BC96BD

square

#BDA896 #98BD96 #96ABBD #BC96BD

split-complementary

#BDA896 #96BDBC #9698BD

monochromatic

#856A54 #A58970 #BDA896 #D5C7BC #ECE6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BDA896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#BDA896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA896

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA896	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA995

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AD96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A4A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.035 62.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c1b4',
    500: '#bda896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda896;
$custom-light: #d1c1b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.692,
    "s": 22.807,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74485,
    "c": 0.03519,
    "h": 62.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA896

secondary

#D1D8DE

accent

#76A144

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA896

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

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