#BDB59F#BDB59F

#BDB59F is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.032 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB59F
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 159)
HSL	hsl(44, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(44, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 15.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.79, -0.90, 12.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.79, 12.27, 94.20°)
OKLab	oklab(77.37% -0.0002 0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(77.37% 0.032 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.7677, 46.3704, 39.4389)
Luminance	0.4637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB59F #9FA7BD

analogous

#BDA69F #BDB59F #B6BD9F

triadic

#BDB59F #9FBDB5 #B59FBD

tetradic

#BDB59F #9FBDA6 #9FA7BD #BD9FB6

square

#BDB59F #9FBDA6 #9FA7BD #BD9FB6

split-complementary

#BDB59F #9FB6BD #A69FBD

monochromatic

#867B5C #A4997B #BDB59F #D6D1C3 #EFEDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BDB59F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#BDB59F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB59F

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB59F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB59F	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	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)

#BAB49E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB6A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb59f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.032 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cbbb',
    500: '#bdb59f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb59f;
$custom-light: #d1cbbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb59f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44,
    "s": 18.519,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77373,
    "c": 0.03169,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB59F

secondary

#D7DAE0

accent

#5F9D49

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB59F

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

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