#BDAE99#BDAE99

#BDAE99 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.034 H 76.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE99
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 153)
HSL	hsl(35, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(35, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 19%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.82, 1.92, 12.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.82, 12.88, 81.44°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% 0.008 0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.034 76.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.8720, 43.3917, 36.3005)
Luminance	0.4339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE99 #99A8BD

analogous

#BD9C99 #BDAE99 #BABD99

triadic

#BDAE99 #99BDAE #AE99BD

tetradic

#BDAE99 #99BD9C #99A8BD #BD99BA

square

#BDAE99 #99BD9C #99A8BD #BD99BA

split-complementary

#BDAE99 #99BABD #9C99BD

monochromatic

#857256 #A59074 #BDAE99 #D5CCBE #EDE9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BDAE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#BDAE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE99

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE99	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AE98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B199

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4AAA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.034 76.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c6b7',
    500: '#bdae99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae99;
$custom-light: #d1c6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35,
    "s": 21.429,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75783,
    "c": 0.03391,
    "h": 76.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE99

secondary

#D3D8DF

accent

#6BA046

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE99

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

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