#BDAB8A#BDAB8A

#BDAB8A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.050 H 82.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAB8A
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 138)
HSL	hsl(39, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(39, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 27%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, 1.33, 19.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 19.43, 86.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.81% 0.0064 0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(74.81% 0.05 82.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.1369, 41.7807, 29.9900)
Luminance	0.4178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAB8A #8A9CBD

analogous

#BD928A #BDAB8A #B6BD8A

triadic

#BDAB8A #8ABDAB #AB8ABD

tetradic

#BDAB8A #8ABD92 #8A9CBD #BD8AB6

square

#BDAB8A #8ABD92 #8A9CBD #BD8AB6

split-complementary

#BDAB8A #8AB6BD #928ABD

monochromatic

#836F4A #A78F63 #BDAB8A #D3C7B1 #E9E3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BDAB8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#BDAB8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAB8A

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAB8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAB8A	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)

#B4AA88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AF8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A5A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdab8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.050 82.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c3ac',
    500: '#bdab8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdab8a;
$custom-light: #d1c3ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdab8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.824,
    "s": 27.869,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74813,
    "c": 0.04976,
    "h": 82.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAB8A

secondary

#C9CFDA

accent

#64A63F

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAB8A

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

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