#BDB299#BDB299

#BDB299 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.037 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB299
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 153)
HSL	hsl(42, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(42, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 19%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.87, -0.23, 14.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.87, 14.21, 90.93°)
OKLab	oklab(76.61% 0.0019 0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(76.61% 0.037 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.6562, 44.9603, 36.5619)
Luminance	0.4496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB299 #99A4BD

analogous

#BDA099 #BDB299 #B6BD99

triadic

#BDB299 #99BDB2 #B299BD

tetradic

#BDB299 #99BDA0 #99A4BD #BD99B6

square

#BDB299 #99BDA0 #99A4BD #BD99B6

split-complementary

#BDB299 #99B6BD #A099BD

monochromatic

#857756 #A59674 #BDB299 #D5CEBE #EDEAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BDB299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#BDB299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB299

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB299	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B197

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB49A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3AEAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.037 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c9b7',
    500: '#bdb299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb299;
$custom-light: #d1c9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.667,
    "s": 21.429,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76605,
    "c": 0.03668,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB299

secondary

#D3D7DF

accent

#61A046

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB299

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

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