#BDA997#BDA997

#BDA997 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.034 H 64.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA997
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 151)
HSL	hsl(28, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(28, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 20.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.48, 4.31, 11.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.48, 12.69, 70.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.71% 0.0149 0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(74.71% 0.034 64.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.7601, 41.4302, 35.1218)
Luminance	0.4143 (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

#BDA997 #97ABBD

analogous

#BD9798 #BDA997 #BDBC97

triadic

#BDA997 #97BDA9 #A997BD

tetradic

#BDA997 #98BD97 #97ABBD #BC97BD

square

#BDA997 #98BD97 #97ABBD #BC97BD

split-complementary

#BDA997 #97BDBC #9798BD

monochromatic

#856C54 #A58A72 #BDA997 #D5C8BC #EDE7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BDA997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#BDA997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA997

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA997	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AA96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AE97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A5A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.034 64.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c2b5',
    500: '#bda997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda997;
$custom-light: #d1c2b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.421,
    "s": 22.353,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74713,
    "c": 0.03434,
    "h": 64.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA997

secondary

#D2D8DE

accent

#75A145

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA997

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

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