#BDA89C#BDA89C

#BDA89C is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.030 H 51.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA89C
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 156)
HSL	hsl(22, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(22, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 17.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.33, 5.63, 8.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.33, 10.60, 57.91°)
OKLab	oklab(74.64% 0.0185 0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(74.64% 0.03 51.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.9895, 41.2254, 37.2441)
Luminance	0.4122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA89C #9CB1BD

analogous

#BD9CA0 #BDA89C #BDB89C

triadic

#BDA89C #9CBDA8 #A89CBD

tetradic

#BDA89C #A0BD9C #9CB1BD #B89CBD

square

#BDA89C #A0BD9C #9CB1BD #B89CBD

split-complementary

#BDA89C #9CBDB8 #9CA0BD

monochromatic

#866959 #A58877 #BDA89C #D5C8C1 #EEE9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BDA89C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#BDA89C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA89C

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA89C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA89C	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA99B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AE9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda89c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.030 51.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c1b9',
    500: '#bda89c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda89c;
$custom-light: #d1c1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda89c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.818,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7464,
    "c": 0.02988,
    "h": 51.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA89C

secondary

#D5DCE0

accent

#7F9E47

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA89C

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

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