#BDA99F#BDA99F

#BDA99F is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.027 H 48.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA99F
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 159)
HSL	hsl(20, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(20, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 15.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.66, 5.57, 7.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.66, 9.58, 54.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.92% 0.0182 0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(74.92% 0.027 48.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.4320, 41.6989, 38.6603)
Luminance	0.4170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA99F #9FB3BD

analogous

#BD9FA4 #BDA99F #BDB89F

triadic

#BDA99F #9FBDA9 #A99FBD

tetradic

#BDA99F #A4BD9F #9FB3BD #B89FBD

square

#BDA99F #A4BD9F #9FB3BD #B89FBD

split-complementary

#BDA99F #9FBDB8 #9FA4BD

monochromatic

#866A5C #A4897B #BDA99F #D6C9C3 #EFEAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BDA99F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#BDA99F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA99F

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA99F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA99F	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAB9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AE9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda99f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.027 48.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c2bb',
    500: '#bda99f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda99f;
$custom-light: #d1c2bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda99f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 18.519,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74921,
    "c": 0.02735,
    "h": 48.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA99F

secondary

#D7DDE0

accent

#819D49

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA99F

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

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