#BDAD8A#BDAD8A

#BDAD8A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.051 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAD8A
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 138)
HSL	hsl(41, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(41, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 27%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.24, 0.26, 20.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.24, 20.11, 89.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.22% 0.0033 0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(75.22% 0.051 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.5176, 42.5420, 30.1169)
Luminance	0.4254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAD8A #8A9ABD

analogous

#BD948A #BDAD8A #B4BD8A

triadic

#BDAD8A #8ABDAD #AD8ABD

tetradic

#BDAD8A #8ABD94 #8A9ABD #BD8AB4

square

#BDAD8A #8ABD94 #8A9ABD #BD8AB4

split-complementary

#BDAD8A #8AB4BD #948ABD

monochromatic

#83714A #A79263 #BDAD8A #D3C8B1 #E9E4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BDAD8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#BDAD8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAD8A

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAD8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAD8A	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6AC88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB08B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A7A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdad8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.051 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c5ac',
    500: '#bdad8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdad8a;
$custom-light: #d1c5ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdad8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.176,
    "s": 27.869,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75225,
    "c": 0.05121,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAD8A

secondary

#C9CEDA

accent

#5FA63F

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAD8A

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

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