#BDAD8D#BDAD8D

#BDAD8D is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.048 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAD8D
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 141)
HSL	hsl(40, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(40, 25%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 25.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.30, 0.68, 18.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.30, 18.57, 87.91°)
OKLab	oklab(75.29% 0.0046 0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(75.29% 0.048 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.7378, 42.6301, 31.2766)
Luminance	0.4263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAD8D #8D9DBD

analogous

#BD958D #BDAD8D #B5BD8D

triadic

#BDAD8D #8DBDAD #AD8DBD

tetradic

#BDAD8D #8DBD95 #8D9DBD #BD8DB5

square

#BDAD8D #8DBD95 #8D9DBD #BD8DB5

split-complementary

#BDAD8D #8DB5BD #958DBD

monochromatic

#83714C #A79166 #BDAD8D #D3C9B4 #EAE5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BDAD8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#BDAD8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAD8D

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAD8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAD8D	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AC8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B08E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A7A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdad8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.048 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c5ae',
    500: '#bdad8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdad8d;
$custom-light: #d1c5ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdad8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 26.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75292,
    "c": 0.04757,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAD8D

secondary

#CBD0DB

accent

#62A540

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAD8D

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

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