#BDAE8A#BDAE8A

#BDAE8A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.052 H 88.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE8A
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 138)
HSL	hsl(42, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(42, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 27%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.51, -0.28, 20.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.51, 20.47, 90.78°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% 0.0018 0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.052 88.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.7100, 42.9269, 30.1811)
Luminance	0.4293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE8A #8A99BD

analogous

#BD958A #BDAE8A #B3BD8A

triadic

#BDAE8A #8ABDAE #AE8ABD

tetradic

#BDAE8A #8ABD95 #8A99BD #BD8AB3

square

#BDAE8A #8ABD95 #8A99BD #BD8AB3

split-complementary

#BDAE8A #8AB3BD #958ABD

monochromatic

#83724A #A79363 #BDAE8A #D3C9B1 #E9E4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BDAE8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#BDAE8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE8A

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE8A	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AD88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB18B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A8A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.052 88.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c6ac',
    500: '#bdae8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae8a;
$custom-light: #d1c6ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.353,
    "s": 27.869,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75432,
    "c": 0.05201,
    "h": 88.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE8A

secondary

#C9CEDA

accent

#5DA63F

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE8A

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

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