#BDB09C#BDB09C

#BDB09C is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.032 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB09C
RGB	rgb(189, 176, 156)
HSL	hsl(36, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(36, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 17.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.41, 1.31, 11.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.41, 12.00, 83.75°)
OKLab	oklab(76.27% 0.0062 0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(76.27% 0.032 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.5121, 44.2706, 37.7516)
Luminance	0.4427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB09C #9CA9BD

analogous

#BDA09C #BDB09C #B9BD9C

triadic

#BDB09C #9CBDB0 #B09CBD

tetradic

#BDB09C #9CBDA0 #9CA9BD #BD9CB9

square

#BDB09C #9CBDA0 #9CA9BD #BD9CB9

split-complementary

#BDB09C #9CB9BD #A09CBD

monochromatic

#867459 #A59377 #BDB09C #D5CDC1 #EEEBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BDB09C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#BDB09C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB09C

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB09C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB09C	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B09B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B39C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3ACAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb09c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 176, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.032 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c7b9',
    500: '#bdb09c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb09c;
$custom-light: #d1c7b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb09c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.364,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76268,
    "c": 0.03152,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB09C

secondary

#D5D9E0

accent

#699E47

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB09C

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

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