#BDA99D#BDA99D

#BDA99D is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.029 H 53.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA99D
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 157)
HSL	hsl(23, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(23, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 16.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.62, 5.25, 8.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.62, 10.27, 59.28°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% 0.0174 0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.029 53)
XYZ	xyz(41.2599, 41.6300, 37.7537)
Luminance	0.4163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA99D #9DB1BD

analogous

#BD9DA1 #BDA99D #BDB99D

triadic

#BDA99D #9DBDA9 #A99DBD

tetradic

#BDA99D #A1BD9D #9DB1BD #B99DBD

square

#BDA99D #A1BD9D #9DB1BD #B99DBD

split-complementary

#BDA99D #9DBDB9 #9DA1BD

monochromatic

#866A5A #A48978 #BDA99D #D6C9C2 #EEE9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BDA99D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#BDA99D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA99D

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA99D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA99D	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAA9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AE9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda99d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.029 53.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c2b9',
    500: '#bda99d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda99d;
$custom-light: #d1c2b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda99d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.5,
    "s": 19.512,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74868,
    "c": 0.02887,
    "h": 53
  },
  "luminance": 0.41629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA99D

secondary

#D6DCE0

accent

#7E9E48

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA99D

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

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