#BDB398#BDB398

#BDB398 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.039 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB398
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 152)
HSL	hsl(44, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(44, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 19.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.11, -0.92, 15.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.11, 15.11, 93.48°)
OKLab	oklab(76.79% -0.0001 0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(76.79% 0.039 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.7737, 45.3268, 36.1953)
Luminance	0.4533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB398 #98A2BD

analogous

#BDA198 #BDB398 #B5BD98

triadic

#BDB398 #98BDB3 #B398BD

tetradic

#BDB398 #98BDA1 #98A2BD #BD98B5

square

#BDB398 #98BDA1 #98A2BD #BD98B5

split-complementary

#BDB398 #98B5BD #A198BD

monochromatic

#857855 #A59773 #BDB398 #D5CFBD #EDEAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BDB398 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#BDB398 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB398

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB398	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB398	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B296

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3AFAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb398;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.039 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c9b6',
    500: '#bdb398',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb398;
$custom-light: #d1c9b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb398",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.784,
    "s": 21.893,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76787,
    "c": 0.03883,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB398

secondary

#D2D6DE

accent

#5EA045

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB398

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

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