#BDB59E#BDB59E

#BDB59E is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.033 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB59E
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 158)
HSL	hsl(45, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(45, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 16.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.76, -1.06, 12.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.76, 12.79, 94.73°)
OKLab	oklab(77.35% -0.0006 0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(77.35% 0.033 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.6813, 46.3358, 38.9837)
Luminance	0.4633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB59E #9EA6BD

analogous

#BDA59E #BDB59E #B5BD9E

triadic

#BDB59E #9EBDB5 #B59EBD

tetradic

#BDB59E #9EBDA5 #9EA6BD #BD9EB5

square

#BDB59E #9EBDA5 #9EA6BD #BD9EB5

split-complementary

#BDB59E #9EB5BD #A59EBD

monochromatic

#867B5B #A4997A #BDB59E #D6D1C2 #EFEDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BDB59E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#BDB59E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB59E

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB59E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB59E	1.00	2.05	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB49D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB69F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb59e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.033 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cbba',
    500: '#bdb59e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb59e;
$custom-light: #d1cbba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb59e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.516,
    "s": 19.018,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77348,
    "c": 0.03299,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB59E

secondary

#D7D9E0

accent

#5E9D48

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB59E

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

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