#BDAB97#BDAB97

#BDAB97 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.035 H 70.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAB97
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 151)
HSL	hsl(32, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(32, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 20.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.99, 3.23, 12.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.99, 13.07, 75.70°)
OKLab	oklab(75.12% 0.0118 0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(75.12% 0.035 70.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.1351, 42.1800, 35.2468)
Luminance	0.4218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAB97 #97A9BD

analogous

#BD9897 #BDAB97 #BCBD97

triadic

#BDAB97 #97BDAB #AB97BD

tetradic

#BDAB97 #97BD98 #97A9BD #BD97BC

square

#BDAB97 #97BD98 #97A9BD #BD97BC

split-complementary

#BDAB97 #97BCBD #9897BD

monochromatic

#856E54 #A58D72 #BDAB97 #D5C9BC #EDE7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BDAB97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#BDAB97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAB97

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAB97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAB97	1.00	2.23	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AB96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AF97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A7A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdab97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.035 70.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c4b5',
    500: '#bdab97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdab97;
$custom-light: #d1c4b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdab97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.579,
    "s": 22.353,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7512,
    "c": 0.03483,
    "h": 70.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAB97

secondary

#D2D8DE

accent

#70A145

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAB97

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

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