#BDAB79#BDAB79

#BDAB79 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.070 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAB79
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 121)
HSL	hsl(44, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(44, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 36%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.40, -0.88, 28.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.40, 28.16, 91.79°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% -0.0007 0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.07 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.0011, 41.3264, 24.0078)
Luminance	0.4133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAB79 #798BBD

analogous

#BD8979 #BDAB79 #ADBD79

triadic

#BDAB79 #79BDAB #AB79BD

tetradic

#BDAB79 #79BD89 #798BBD #BD79AD

square

#BDAB79 #79BD89 #798BBD #BD79AD

split-complementary

#BDAB79 #79ADBD #8979BD

monochromatic

#7E6D3E #A79052 #BDAB79 #D1C5A2 #E5DECB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BDAB79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#BDAB79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAB79

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAB79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAB79	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A976

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAE7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdab79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.070 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c3a0',
    500: '#bdab79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdab79;
$custom-light: #d2c3a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdab79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.118,
    "s": 34,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74461,
    "c": 0.06997,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAB79

secondary

#BCC3D6

accent

#57AD39

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAB79

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

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