#BDA178#BDA178

#BDA178 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.065 H 76.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA178
RGB	rgb(189, 161, 120)
HSL	hsl(36, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(36, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 36.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, 4.39, 25.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 25.57, 80.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% 0.0146 0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.065 76.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.1221, 37.6662, 23.0806)
Luminance	0.3766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA178 #7894BD

analogous

#BD7E78 #BDA178 #B6BD78

triadic

#BDA178 #78BDA1 #A178BD

tetradic

#BDA178 #78BD7E #7894BD #BD78B6

square

#BDA178 #78BD7E #7894BD #BD78B6

split-complementary

#BDA178 #78B6BD #7E78BD

monochromatic

#7D633D #A68451 #BDA178 #D1BEA1 #E5DACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BDA178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#BDA178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA178

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA178	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA175

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A879

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89996

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 161, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.065 76.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bc9f',
    500: '#bda178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda178;
$custom-light: #d2bc9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.652,
    "s": 34.328,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72386,
    "c": 0.06465,
    "h": 76.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA178

secondary

#BBC6D6

accent

#68AD38

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA178

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

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