#BDA99C#BDA99C

#BDA99C is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.030 H 55.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA99C
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 156)
HSL	hsl(24, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(24, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 17.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.59, 5.09, 9.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.59, 10.64, 61.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.84% 0.017 0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(74.84% 0.03 55.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.1748, 41.5960, 37.3059)
Luminance	0.4159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA99C #9CB0BD

analogous

#BD9CA0 #BDA99C #BDB99C

triadic

#BDA99C #9CBDA9 #A99CBD

tetradic

#BDA99C #A0BD9C #9CB0BD #B99CBD

square

#BDA99C #A0BD9C #9CB0BD #B99CBD

split-complementary

#BDA99C #9CBDB9 #9CA0BD

monochromatic

#866B59 #A58977 #BDA99C #D5C9C1 #EEE9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BDA99C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#BDA99C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA99C

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA99C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA99C	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAA9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AE9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda99c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.030 55.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c2b9',
    500: '#bda99c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda99c;
$custom-light: #d1c2b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda99c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.636,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74842,
    "c": 0.02971,
    "h": 55.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA99C

secondary

#D5DBE0

accent

#7C9E47

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA99C

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

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