#BDA99E#BDA99E

#BDA99E is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.028 H 50.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA99E
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 158)
HSL	hsl(21, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(21, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 16.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.64, 5.41, 8.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.64, 9.92, 56.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% 0.0178 0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.028 50.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.3456, 41.6643, 38.2051)
Luminance	0.4166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA99E #9EB2BD

analogous

#BD9EA2 #BDA99E #BDB89E

triadic

#BDA99E #9EBDA9 #A99EBD

tetradic

#BDA99E #A2BD9E #9EB2BD #B89EBD

square

#BDA99E #A2BD9E #9EB2BD #B89EBD

split-complementary

#BDA99E #9EBDB8 #9EA2BD

monochromatic

#866A5B #A4897A #BDA99E #D6C9C2 #EFEAE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BDA99E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#BDA99E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA99E

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA99E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA99E	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)

#AEAA9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AE9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.028 50.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c2ba',
    500: '#bda99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda99e;
$custom-light: #d1c2ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.29,
    "s": 19.018,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74894,
    "c": 0.02809,
    "h": 50.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA99E

secondary

#D7DDE0

accent

#7F9D48

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA99E

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

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