#BDAA97#BDAA97

#BDAA97 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.035 H 67.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAA97
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 151)
HSL	hsl(30, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(30, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 20.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, 3.77, 12.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 12.86, 72.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74.92% 0.0134 0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(74.92% 0.035 67.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.9469, 41.8036, 35.1841)
Luminance	0.4180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA97 #97AABD

analogous

#BD9797 #BDAA97 #BDBD97

triadic

#BDAA97 #97BDAA #AA97BD

tetradic

#BDAA97 #97BD97 #97AABD #BD97BD

square

#BDAA97 #97BD97 #97AABD #BD97BD

split-complementary

#BDAA97 #97BDBD #9797BD

monochromatic

#856D54 #A58B72 #BDAA97 #D5C9BC #EDE7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BDAA97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#BDAA97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA97

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA97	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AB96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AF97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A6A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaa97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.035 67.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c3b5',
    500: '#bdaa97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa97;
$custom-light: #d1c3b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 22.353,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74916,
    "c": 0.03453,
    "h": 67.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA97

secondary

#D2D8DE

accent

#73A145

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA97

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

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