#BDA98A#BDA98A

#BDA98A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.049 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA98A
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 138)
HSL	hsl(36, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(36, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 27%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.20, 2.41, 18.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.20, 18.82, 82.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.4% 0.0095 0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(74.4% 0.049 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.7620, 41.0309, 29.8650)
Luminance	0.4103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA98A #8A9EBD

analogous

#BD908A #BDA98A #B8BD8A

triadic

#BDA98A #8ABDA9 #A98ABD

tetradic

#BDA98A #8ABD90 #8A9EBD #BD8AB8

square

#BDA98A #8ABD90 #8A9EBD #BD8AB8

split-complementary

#BDA98A #8AB8BD #908ABD

monochromatic

#836C4A #A78C63 #BDA98A #D3C6B1 #E9E3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BDA98A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#BDA98A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA98A

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA98A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA98A	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)

#B2A988

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AE8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A3A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda98a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.049 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c2ac',
    500: '#bda98a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda98a;
$custom-light: #d1c2ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda98a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.471,
    "s": 27.869,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74403,
    "c": 0.04853,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA98A

secondary

#C9CFDA

accent

#68A63F

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F7F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA98A

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

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