#BDAE8E#BDAE8E

#BDAE8E is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.047 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE8E
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 142)
HSL	hsl(41, 26%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(41, 25%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 24.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.59, 0.28, 18.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.59, 18.41, 89.12°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% 0.0034 0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.047 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.0050, 43.0449, 31.7344)
Luminance	0.4304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE8E #8E9DBD

analogous

#BD978E #BDAE8E #B5BD8E

triadic

#BDAE8E #8EBDAE #AE8EBD

tetradic

#BDAE8E #8EBD97 #8E9DBD #BD8EB5

square

#BDAE8E #8EBD97 #8E9DBD #BD8EB5

split-complementary

#BDAE8E #8EB5BD #978EBD

monochromatic

#84724D #A69267 #BDAE8E #D4CAB5 #EAE5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BDAE8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#BDAE8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE8E

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE8E	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6AD8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB18F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A8A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.047 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c6af',
    500: '#bdae8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae8e;
$custom-light: #d1c6af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.851,
    "s": 26.257,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75521,
    "c": 0.04711,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE8E

secondary

#CBD1DB

accent

#61A541

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE8E

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

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