#BDB09D#BDB09D

#BDB09D is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.030 H 77.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB09D
RGB	rgb(189, 176, 157)
HSL	hsl(36, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(36, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 16.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.43, 1.46, 11.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.43, 11.50, 82.69°)
OKLab	oklab(76.29% 0.0066 0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(76.29% 0.03 77.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.5971, 44.3046, 38.1994)
Luminance	0.4430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB09D #9DAABD

analogous

#BDA09D #BDB09D #BABD9D

triadic

#BDB09D #9DBDB0 #B09DBD

tetradic

#BDB09D #9DBDA0 #9DAABD #BD9DBA

square

#BDB09D #9DBDA0 #9DAABD #BD9DBA

split-complementary

#BDB09D #9DBABD #A09DBD

monochromatic

#86745A #A49378 #BDB09D #D6CDC2 #EEEBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BDB09D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#BDB09D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB09D

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB09D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB09D	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B09C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B39D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3ACAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb09d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 176, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.030 77.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c7ba',
    500: '#bdb09d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb09d;
$custom-light: #d1c7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb09d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.625,
    "s": 19.512,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76293,
    "c": 0.03033,
    "h": 77.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB09D

secondary

#D6DAE0

accent

#6B9E48

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB09D

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

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