#BDAE8D#BDAE8D

#BDAE8D is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.048 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE8D
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 141)
HSL	hsl(41, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(41, 25%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 25.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.57, 0.14, 18.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.57, 18.92, 89.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.5% 0.003 0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(75.5% 0.048 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.9302, 43.0150, 31.3408)
Luminance	0.4301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE8D #8D9CBD

analogous

#BD968D #BDAE8D #B4BD8D

triadic

#BDAE8D #8DBDAE #AE8DBD

tetradic

#BDAE8D #8DBD96 #8D9CBD #BD8DB4

square

#BDAE8D #8DBD96 #8D9CBD #BD8DB4

split-complementary

#BDAE8D #8DB4BD #968DBD

monochromatic

#83724C #A79266 #BDAE8D #D3CAB4 #EAE5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BDAE8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#BDAE8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE8D

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE8D	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6AD8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB18E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A8A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.048 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c6ae',
    500: '#bdae8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae8d;
$custom-light: #d1c6ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.25,
    "s": 26.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75498,
    "c": 0.04833,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE8D

secondary

#CBD0DB

accent

#60A540

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE8D

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

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