#BDAA99#BDAA99

#BDAA99 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.033 H 64.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAA99
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 153)
HSL	hsl(28, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(28, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 19%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, 4.08, 11.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 11.98, 70.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% 0.0142 0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.033 64.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.1107, 41.8692, 36.0468)
Luminance	0.4187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA99 #99ACBD

analogous

#BD999A #BDAA99 #BDBC99

triadic

#BDAA99 #99BDAA #AA99BD

tetradic

#BDAA99 #9ABD99 #99ACBD #BC99BD

square

#BDAA99 #9ABD99 #99ACBD #BC99BD

split-complementary

#BDAA99 #99BDBC #999ABD

monochromatic

#856C56 #A58B74 #BDAA99 #D5C9BE #EDE8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BDAA99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#BDAA99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA99

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA99	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AB98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AF99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A6A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaa99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.033 64.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c3b7',
    500: '#bdaa99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa99;
$custom-light: #d1c3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.333,
    "s": 21.429,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74967,
    "c": 0.03251,
    "h": 64.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA99

secondary

#D3D9DF

accent

#75A046

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA99

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

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