#BDA17C#BDA17C

#BDA17C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.060 H 74.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA17C
RGB	rgb(189, 161, 124)
HSL	hsl(34, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(34, 34%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 34.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, 4.88, 23.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 23.62, 78.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% 0.0163 0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.06 74.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.3700, 37.7653, 24.3858)
Luminance	0.3776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA17C #7C98BD

analogous

#BD817C #BDA17C #B9BD7C

triadic

#BDA17C #7CBDA1 #A17CBD

tetradic

#BDA17C #7CBD81 #7C98BD #BD7CB9

square

#BDA17C #7CBD81 #7C98BD #BD7CB9

split-complementary

#BDA17C #7CB9BD #817CBD

monochromatic

#7F6440 #A78454 #BDA17C #D2BEA5 #E6DBCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BDA17C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#BDA17C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA17C

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA17C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA17C	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA17A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A87D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89A97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda17c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 161, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.060 74.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bca2',
    500: '#bda17c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda17c;
$custom-light: #d2bca2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda17c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.154,
    "s": 32.995,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72468,
    "c": 0.06035,
    "h": 74.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA17C

secondary

#BEC9D7

accent

#6BAC3A

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120F

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA17C

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →