#BDB196#BDB196

#BDB196 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.040 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB196
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 150)
HSL	hsl(42, 23%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(42, 21%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 20.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.54, -0.15, 15.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.54, 15.38, 90.56°)
OKLab	oklab(76.33% 0.0022 0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(76.33% 0.04 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.2133, 44.4660, 35.2073)
Luminance	0.4446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB196 #96A2BD

analogous

#BD9E96 #BDB196 #B6BD96

triadic

#BDB196 #96BDB1 #B196BD

tetradic

#BDB196 #96BD9E #96A2BD #BD96B6

square

#BDB196 #96BD9E #96A2BD #BD96B6

split-complementary

#BDB196 #96B6BD #9E96BD

monochromatic

#857654 #A59570 #BDB196 #D5CDBC #ECE9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BDB196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#BDB196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB196

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB196	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B094

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB397

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4ACA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.040 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c8b5',
    500: '#bdb196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb196;
$custom-light: #d1c8b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 22.807,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76326,
    "c": 0.03961,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB196

secondary

#D1D5DE

accent

#61A144

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB196

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

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