#BDAA8D#BDAA8D

#BDAA8D is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.046 H 78.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAA8D
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 141)
HSL	hsl(36, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(36, 25%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 25.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.52, 2.29, 17.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.52, 17.63, 82.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% 0.0092 0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.046 78.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.1690, 41.4925, 31.0870)
Luminance	0.4149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA8D #8DA0BD

analogous

#BD928D #BDAA8D #B8BD8D

triadic

#BDAA8D #8DBDAA #AA8DBD

tetradic

#BDAA8D #8DBD92 #8DA0BD #BD8DB8

square

#BDAA8D #8DBD92 #8DA0BD #BD8DB8

split-complementary

#BDAA8D #8DB8BD #928DBD

monochromatic

#836E4C #A78D66 #BDAA8D #D3C7B4 #EAE4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BDAA8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#BDAA8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA8D

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA8D	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AA8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AE8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A4A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaa8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.046 78.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c3ae',
    500: '#bdaa8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa8d;
$custom-light: #d1c3ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.25,
    "s": 26.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74676,
    "c": 0.04563,
    "h": 78.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA8D

secondary

#CBD1DB

accent

#68A540

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F7F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA8D

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

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