#BDA899#BDA899

#BDA899 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.032 H 57.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA899
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 153)
HSL	hsl(25, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(25, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 19%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.26, 5.16, 10.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.26, 11.73, 63.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% 0.0173 0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.032 57.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.7386, 41.1250, 35.9227)
Luminance	0.4112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA899 #99AEBD

analogous

#BD999C #BDA899 #BDBA99

triadic

#BDA899 #99BDA8 #A899BD

tetradic

#BDA899 #9CBD99 #99AEBD #BA99BD

square

#BDA899 #9CBD99 #99AEBD #BA99BD

split-complementary

#BDA899 #99BDBA #999CBD

monochromatic

#856A56 #A58874 #BDA899 #D5C8BE #EDE7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BDA899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#BDA899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA899

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA899	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA998

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AE99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.032 57.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c1b7',
    500: '#bda899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda899;
$custom-light: #d1c1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25,
    "s": 21.429,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74562,
    "c": 0.03239,
    "h": 57.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA899

secondary

#D3DADF

accent

#7AA046

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA899

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

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