#BDA278#BDA278

#BDA278 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.065 H 78.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA278
RGB	rgb(189, 162, 120)
HSL	hsl(37, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(37, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 36.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.03, 3.85, 25.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.03, 25.82, 81.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% 0.013 0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.065 78.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.2976, 38.0171, 23.1390)
Luminance	0.3802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA278 #7893BD

analogous

#BD7F78 #BDA278 #B5BD78

triadic

#BDA278 #78BDA2 #A278BD

tetradic

#BDA278 #78BD7F #7893BD #BD78B5

square

#BDA278 #78BD7F #7893BD #BD78B5

split-complementary

#BDA278 #78B5BD #7F78BD

monochromatic

#7D643D #A68551 #BDA278 #D1BEA1 #E5DBCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BDA278 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#BDA278 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA278

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA278	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA278	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA275

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A979

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89A97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda278;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 162, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.065 78.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bd9f',
    500: '#bda278',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda278;
$custom-light: #d2bd9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda278",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.522,
    "s": 34.328,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7259,
    "c": 0.06511,
    "h": 78.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA278

secondary

#BBC6D6

accent

#66AD38

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA278

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

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