#BDA174#BDA174

#BDA174 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.069 H 79.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA174
RGB	rgb(189, 161, 116)
HSL	hsl(37, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(37, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 38.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.70, 3.91, 27.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.70, 27.54, 81.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% 0.013 0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.069 79.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.8844, 37.5711, 21.8287)
Luminance	0.3757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA174 #7490BD

analogous

#BD7C74 #BDA174 #B5BD74

triadic

#BDA174 #74BDA1 #A174BD

tetradic

#BDA174 #74BD7C #7490BD #BD74B5

square

#BDA174 #74BD7C #7490BD #BD74B5

split-complementary

#BDA174 #74B5BD #7C74BD

monochromatic

#7C633B #A5844E #BDA174 #D1BD9D #E4D9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BDA174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#BDA174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA174

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA174	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)

#ADA171

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A875

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89995

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 161, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.069 79.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bc9c',
    500: '#bda174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda174;
$custom-light: #d2bc9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.986,
    "s": 35.61,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72308,
    "c": 0.06897,
    "h": 79.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA174

secondary

#B8C3D5

accent

#87CC5C

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA174

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

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