#BDAA96#BDAA96

#BDAA96 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.036 H 68.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAA96
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 150)
HSL	hsl(31, 23%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(31, 21%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 20.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.71, 3.62, 12.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.71, 13.32, 74.24°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% 0.0129 0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.036 68.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.8660, 41.7713, 34.7582)
Luminance	0.4177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA96 #96A9BD

analogous

#BD9796 #BDAA96 #BDBD96

triadic

#BDAA96 #96BDAA #AA96BD

tetradic

#BDAA96 #96BD97 #96A9BD #BD96BD

square

#BDAA96 #96BD97 #96A9BD #BD96BD

split-complementary

#BDAA96 #96BDBD #9796BD

monochromatic

#856D54 #A58C70 #BDAA96 #D5C8BC #ECE7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BDAA96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#BDAA96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA96

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA96	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AA95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AF96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A6A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaa96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.036 68.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c3b4',
    500: '#bdaa96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa96;
$custom-light: #d1c3b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.769,
    "s": 22.807,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74892,
    "c": 0.03559,
    "h": 68.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA96

secondary

#D1D7DE

accent

#72A144

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA96

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

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