#BDA173#BDA173

#BDA173 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.070 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA173
RGB	rgb(189, 161, 115)
HSL	hsl(37, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(37, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 39.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.69, 3.80, 27.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.69, 28.04, 82.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% 0.0126 0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.07 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.8266, 37.5479, 21.5240)
Luminance	0.3755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA173 #738FBD

analogous

#BD7C73 #BDA173 #B4BD73

triadic

#BDA173 #73BDA1 #A173BD

tetradic

#BDA173 #73BD7C #738FBD #BD73B4

square

#BDA173 #73BD7C #738FBD #BD73B4

split-complementary

#BDA173 #73B4BD #7C73BD

monochromatic

#7B633A #A5844E #BDA173 #D1BD9D #E4D9C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BDA173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#BDA173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA173

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA173	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA170

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A874

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99995

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 161, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.070 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bc9b',
    500: '#bda173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda173;
$custom-light: #d2bc9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.297,
    "s": 35.922,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72289,
    "c": 0.07006,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA173

secondary

#B8C2D4

accent

#86CC5C

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA173

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

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