#BDB39B#BDB39B

#BDB39B is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.035 H 88.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB39B
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 155)
HSL	hsl(42, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(42, 18%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 18%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.17, -0.46, 13.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.17, 13.55, 91.93°)
OKLab	oklab(76.86% 0.0012 0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(76.86% 0.035 88.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.0225, 45.4263, 37.5058)
Luminance	0.4543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB39B #9BA5BD

analogous

#BDA29B #BDB39B #B6BD9B

triadic

#BDB39B #9BBDB3 #B39BBD

tetradic

#BDB39B #9BBDA2 #9BA5BD #BD9BB6

square

#BDB39B #9BBDA2 #9BA5BD #BD9BB6

split-complementary

#BDB39B #9BB6BD #A29BBD

monochromatic

#857858 #A59776 #BDB39B #D5CFC0 #EEEBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BDB39B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#BDB39B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB39B

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB39B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB39B	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B29A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB59C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3AFAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb39b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.035 88.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c9b8',
    500: '#bdb39b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb39b;
$custom-light: #d1c9b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb39b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.353,
    "s": 20.482,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7686,
    "c": 0.03501,
    "h": 88.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB39B

secondary

#D5D8DF

accent

#619F47

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB39B

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

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