#BDA996#BDA996

#BDA996 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.035 H 65.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA996
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 150)
HSL	hsl(29, 23%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(29, 21%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 20.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.45, 4.16, 12.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.45, 13.13, 71.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% 0.0145 0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.035 65.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.6793, 41.3978, 34.6959)
Luminance	0.4140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA996 #96AABD

analogous

#BD9697 #BDA996 #BDBD96

triadic

#BDA996 #96BDA9 #A996BD

tetradic

#BDA996 #97BD96 #96AABD #BD96BD

square

#BDA996 #97BD96 #96AABD #BD96BD

split-complementary

#BDA996 #96BDBD #9697BD

monochromatic

#856C54 #A58A70 #BDA996 #D5C8BC #ECE7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BDA996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#BDA996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA996

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA996	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AA95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AE96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A5A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.035 65.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c2b4',
    500: '#bda996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda996;
$custom-light: #d1c2b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.231,
    "s": 22.807,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74688,
    "c": 0.03535,
    "h": 65.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA996

secondary

#D1D8DE

accent

#74A144

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA996

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

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