#BDA272#BDA272

#BDA272 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.072 H 81.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA272
RGB	rgb(189, 162, 114)
HSL	hsl(38, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(38, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 39.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.93, 3.14, 28.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.93, 28.81, 83.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% 0.0106 0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.072 81.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.9448, 37.8759, 21.2811)
Luminance	0.3787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA272 #728DBD

analogous

#BD7D72 #BDA272 #B3BD72

triadic

#BDA272 #72BDA2 #A272BD

tetradic

#BDA272 #72BD7D #728DBD #BD72B3

square

#BDA272 #72BD7D #728DBD #BD72B3

split-complementary

#BDA272 #72B3BD #7D72BD

monochromatic

#7B633A #A5854D #BDA272 #D1BD9C #E4D9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BDA272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#BDA272 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA272

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA272	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA26F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A873

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99A96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 162, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.072 81.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bd9b',
    500: '#bda272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda272;
$custom-light: #d2bd9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.4,
    "s": 36.232,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72474,
    "c": 0.07167,
    "h": 81.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA272

secondary

#B7C1D4

accent

#84CC5C

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA272

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

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