#BDB397#BDB397

#BDB397 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.040 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB397
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 151)
HSL	hsl(44, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(44, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 20.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.09, -1.07, 15.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.09, 15.64, 93.92°)
OKLab	oklab(76.76% -0.0005 0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(76.76% 0.04 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.6921, 45.2942, 35.7658)
Luminance	0.4529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB397 #97A1BD

analogous

#BDA097 #BDB397 #B4BD97

triadic

#BDB397 #97BDB3 #B397BD

tetradic

#BDB397 #97BDA0 #97A1BD #BD97B4

square

#BDB397 #97BDA0 #97A1BD #BD97B4

split-complementary

#BDB397 #97B4BD #A097BD

monochromatic

#857854 #A59872 #BDB397 #D5CEBC #EDEAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BDB397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#BDB397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB397

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB397	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB295

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB598

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4AEAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.040 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c9b5',
    500: '#bdb397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb397;
$custom-light: #d1c9b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.211,
    "s": 22.353,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76764,
    "c": 0.0401,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB397

secondary

#D2D5DE

accent

#5DA145

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB397

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

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