#BDAA89#BDAA89

#BDAA89 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.050 H 81.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAA89
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 137)
HSL	hsl(38, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(38, 28%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 27.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.44, 1.73, 19.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.44, 19.62, 84.94°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% 0.0075 0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.05 81.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.8767, 41.3756, 29.5478)
Luminance	0.4137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA89 #899CBD

analogous

#BD9089 #BDAA89 #B6BD89

triadic

#BDAA89 #89BDAA #AA89BD

tetradic

#BDAA89 #89BD90 #899CBD #BD89B6

square

#BDAA89 #89BD90 #899CBD #BD89B6

split-complementary

#BDAA89 #89B6BD #9089BD

monochromatic

#836E49 #A78E62 #BDAA89 #D3C6B0 #E9E3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BDAA89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#BDAA89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA89

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA89	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A987

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AE8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A4A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaa89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.050 81.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c3ab',
    500: '#bdaa89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa89;
$custom-light: #d1c3ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.077,
    "s": 28.261,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74585,
    "c": 0.05029,
    "h": 81.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA89

secondary

#C8CEDA

accent

#65A73F

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F7F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA89

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

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