#BDAE96#BDAE96

#BDAE96 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.037 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE96
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 150)
HSL	hsl(37, 23%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(37, 21%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 20.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.75, 1.46, 14.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.75, 14.36, 84.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.71% 0.0068 0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(75.71% 0.037 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.6273, 43.2939, 35.0119)
Luminance	0.4329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE96 #96A5BD

analogous

#BD9B96 #BDAE96 #B9BD96

triadic

#BDAE96 #96BDAE #AE96BD

tetradic

#BDAE96 #96BD9B #96A5BD #BD96B9

square

#BDAE96 #96BD9B #96A5BD #BD96B9

split-complementary

#BDAE96 #96B9BD #9B96BD

monochromatic

#857254 #A59170 #BDAE96 #D5CBBC #ECE8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BDAE96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#BDAE96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE96

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE96	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AE95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B197

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A9A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.037 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c6b5',
    500: '#bdae96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae96;
$custom-light: #d1c6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.923,
    "s": 22.807,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75709,
    "c": 0.03742,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE96

secondary

#D1D6DE

accent

#68A144

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE96

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

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