#BDAB8D#BDAB8D

#BDAB8D is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.046 H 80.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAB8D
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 141)
HSL	hsl(38, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(38, 25%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 25.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, 1.75, 17.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 17.92, 84.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% 0.0077 0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.046 80.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.3571, 41.8688, 31.1497)
Luminance	0.4187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAB8D #8D9FBD

analogous

#BD938D #BDAB8D #B7BD8D

triadic

#BDAB8D #8DBDAB #AB8DBD

tetradic

#BDAB8D #8DBD93 #8D9FBD #BD8DB7

square

#BDAB8D #8DBD93 #8D9FBD #BD8DB7

split-complementary

#BDAB8D #8DB7BD #938DBD

monochromatic

#836F4C #A78E66 #BDAB8D #D3C8B4 #EAE4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BDAB8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#BDAB8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAB8D

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAB8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAB8D	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)

#B3AB8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AF8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A5A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdab8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.046 80.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c4ae',
    500: '#bdab8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdab8d;
$custom-light: #d1c4ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdab8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 26.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74881,
    "c": 0.04622,
    "h": 80.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAB8D

secondary

#CBD1DB

accent

#66A540

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAB8D

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

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