#BDA172#BDA172

#BDA172 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.071 H 80.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA172
RGB	rgb(189, 161, 114)
HSL	hsl(38, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(38, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 39.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.67, 3.68, 28.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.67, 28.54, 82.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% 0.0122 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.071 80.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7694, 37.5250, 21.2226)
Luminance	0.3752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA172 #728EBD

analogous

#BD7C72 #BDA172 #B4BD72

triadic

#BDA172 #72BDA1 #A172BD

tetradic

#BDA172 #72BD7C #728EBD #BD72B4

square

#BDA172 #72BD7C #728EBD #BD72B4

split-complementary

#BDA172 #72B4BD #7C72BD

monochromatic

#7B633A #A5844D #BDA172 #D1BD9C #E4D9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BDA172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#BDA172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA172

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA172	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA16F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A873

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99995

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 161, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.071 80.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bc9b',
    500: '#bda172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda172;
$custom-light: #d2bc9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.6,
    "s": 36.232,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7227,
    "c": 0.07114,
    "h": 80.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA172

secondary

#B7C2D4

accent

#86CC5C

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA172

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

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