#BDB199#BDB199

#BDB199 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.036 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB199
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 153)
HSL	hsl(40, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(40, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 19%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.60, 0.30, 13.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.60, 13.84, 88.74°)
OKLab	oklab(76.4% 0.0034 0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(76.4% 0.036 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.4580, 44.5638, 36.4959)
Luminance	0.4456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB199 #99A5BD

analogous

#BD9F99 #BDB199 #B7BD99

triadic

#BDB199 #99BDB1 #B199BD

tetradic

#BDB199 #99BD9F #99A5BD #BD99B7

square

#BDB199 #99BD9F #99A5BD #BD99B7

split-complementary

#BDB199 #99B7BD #9F99BD

monochromatic

#857656 #A59574 #BDB199 #D5CDBE #EDEAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BDB199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#BDB199 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB199

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB199	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B098

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB39A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3ADAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.036 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c8b7',
    500: '#bdb199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb199;
$custom-light: #d1c8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 21.429,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76399,
    "c": 0.03587,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB199

secondary

#D3D7DF

accent

#64A046

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB199

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

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