#BDA169#BDA169

#BDA169 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.081 H 84.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA169
RGB	rgb(189, 161, 105)
HSL	hsl(40, 39%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(40, 44%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 44.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.52, 2.69, 32.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.52, 33.03, 85.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% 0.0085 0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.081 84)
XYZ	xyz(36.2821, 37.3301, 18.6562)
Luminance	0.3733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA169 #6985BD

analogous

#BD7769 #BDA169 #AFBD69

triadic

#BDA169 #69BDA1 #A169BD

tetradic

#BDA169 #69BD77 #6985BD #BD69AF

square

#BDA169 #69BD77 #6985BD #BD69AF

split-complementary

#BDA169 #69AFBD #7769BD

monochromatic

#776134 #A28347 #BDA169 #D0BC93 #E2D6BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BDA169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#BDA169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA169

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA169	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA065

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A76B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99893

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 161, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.081 84.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bc94',
    500: '#bda169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda169;
$custom-light: #d2bc94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 38.889,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72108,
    "c": 0.08083,
    "h": 84
  },
  "luminance": 0.37328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA169

secondary

#B0BBD2

accent

#80CF59

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA169

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

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