#BDB296#BDB296

#BDB296 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.040 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB296
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 150)
HSL	hsl(43, 23%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(43, 21%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 20.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.80, -0.69, 15.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.80, 15.76, 92.49°)
OKLab	oklab(76.53% 0.0006 0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(76.53% 0.04 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.4116, 44.8624, 35.2734)
Luminance	0.4486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB296 #96A1BD

analogous

#BD9F96 #BDB296 #B5BD96

triadic

#BDB296 #96BDB2 #B296BD

tetradic

#BDB296 #96BD9F #96A1BD #BD96B5

square

#BDB296 #96BD9F #96A1BD #BD96B5

split-complementary

#BDB296 #96B5BD #9F96BD

monochromatic

#857754 #A59670 #BDB296 #D5CEBC #ECE9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BDB296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#BDB296 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB296

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB296	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B194

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB497

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4ADAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.040 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c9b5',
    500: '#bdb296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb296;
$custom-light: #d1c9b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.077,
    "s": 22.807,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76533,
    "c": 0.04046,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB296

secondary

#D1D5DE

accent

#5EA144

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB296

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

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