#BDA8A0#BDA8A0

#BDA8A0 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.027 H 42.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA8A0
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 160)
HSL	hsl(17, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(17, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 15.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, 6.27, 6.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 9.33, 47.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.75% 0.0201 0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(74.75% 0.027 42)
XYZ	xyz(41.3338, 41.3631, 39.0574)
Luminance	0.4136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA8A0 #A0B5BD

analogous

#BDA0A6 #BDA8A0 #BDB6A0

triadic

#BDA8A0 #A0BDA8 #A8A0BD

tetradic

#BDA8A0 #A6BDA0 #A0B5BD #B6A0BD

square

#BDA8A0 #A6BDA0 #A0B5BD #B6A0BD

split-complementary

#BDA8A0 #A0BDB6 #A0A6BD

monochromatic

#86685D #A4877C #BDA8A0 #D6C9C4 #EFEAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BDA8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#BDA8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA8A0

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA8A0	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADAA9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AEA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.027 42.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c1bc',
    500: '#bda8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda8a0;
$custom-light: #d1c1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.552,
    "s": 18.012,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74746,
    "c": 0.0271,
    "h": 42
  },
  "luminance": 0.41362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA8A0

secondary

#D8DEE1

accent

#859C49

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA8A0

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

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