#BDB396#BDB396

#BDB396 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.041 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB396
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 150)
HSL	hsl(45, 23%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(45, 21%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 20.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.06, -1.22, 16.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.06, 16.16, 94.33°)
OKLab	oklab(76.74% -0.0009 0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(76.74% 0.041 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.6113, 45.2618, 35.3399)
Luminance	0.4526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB396 #96A0BD

analogous

#BDA096 #BDB396 #B4BD96

triadic

#BDB396 #96BDB3 #B396BD

tetradic

#BDB396 #96BDA0 #96A0BD #BD96B4

square

#BDB396 #96BDA0 #96A0BD #BD96B4

split-complementary

#BDB396 #96B4BD #A096BD

monochromatic

#857854 #A59870 #BDB396 #D5CEBC #ECE9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BDB396 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#BDB396 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB396

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB396	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB396	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB294

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB597

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4AEAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb396;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.041 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c9b5',
    500: '#bdb396',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb396;
$custom-light: #d1c9b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb396",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.615,
    "s": 22.807,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7674,
    "c": 0.04138,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB396

secondary

#D1D4DE

accent

#5CA144

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB396

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

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