#BDAA8A#BDAA8A

#BDAA8A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.049 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAA8A
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 138)
HSL	hsl(38, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(38, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 27%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.46, 1.87, 19.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.46, 19.12, 84.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% 0.008 0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.049 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.9488, 41.4044, 29.9273)
Luminance	0.4140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA8A #8A9DBD

analogous

#BD918A #BDAA8A #B7BD8A

triadic

#BDAA8A #8ABDAA #AA8ABD

tetradic

#BDAA8A #8ABD91 #8A9DBD #BD8AB7

square

#BDAA8A #8ABD91 #8A9DBD #BD8AB7

split-complementary

#BDAA8A #8AB7BD #918ABD

monochromatic

#836E4A #A78E63 #BDAA8A #D3C6B1 #E9E3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BDAA8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#BDAA8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA8A

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA8A	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AA88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AE8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A4A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaa8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.049 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c3ac',
    500: '#bdaa8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa8a;
$custom-light: #d1c3ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.647,
    "s": 27.869,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74608,
    "c": 0.04912,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA8A

secondary

#C9CFDA

accent

#66A63F

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F7F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA8A

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

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