#BDAE97#BDAE97

#BDAE97 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.036 H 78.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE97
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 151)
HSL	hsl(36, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(36, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 20.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.78, 1.61, 13.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.78, 13.86, 83.33°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% 0.0072 0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.036 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.7082, 43.3262, 35.4378)
Luminance	0.4333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE97 #97A6BD

analogous

#BD9B97 #BDAE97 #B9BD97

triadic

#BDAE97 #97BDAE #AE97BD

tetradic

#BDAE97 #97BD9B #97A6BD #BD97B9

square

#BDAE97 #97BD9B #97A6BD #BD97B9

split-complementary

#BDAE97 #97B9BD #9B97BD

monochromatic

#857254 #A59172 #BDAE97 #D5CBBC #EDE8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BDAE97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#BDAE97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE97

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE97	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)

#B5AE96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B198

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4AAA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.036 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c6b5',
    500: '#bdae97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae97;
$custom-light: #d1c6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.316,
    "s": 22.353,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75733,
    "c": 0.03625,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE97

secondary

#D2D7DE

accent

#69A145

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE97

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

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