#BDA281#BDA281

#BDA281 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.055 H 72.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA281
RGB	rgb(189, 162, 129)
HSL	hsl(33, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(33, 32%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 31.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.20, 4.98, 20.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.20, 21.44, 76.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% 0.0168 0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.055 72.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.8697, 38.2459, 26.1520)
Luminance	0.3824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA281 #819CBD

analogous

#BD8481 #BDA281 #BABD81

triadic

#BDA281 #81BDA2 #A281BD

tetradic

#BDA281 #81BD84 #819CBD #BD81BA

square

#BDA281 #81BD84 #819CBD #BD81BA

split-complementary

#BDA281 #81BABD #8481BD

monochromatic

#806543 #A88459 #BDA281 #D2C0A9 #E7DDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BDA281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#BDA281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA281

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA281	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA37F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A982

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79B99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 162, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.055 72.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bda5',
    500: '#bda281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda281;
$custom-light: #d1bda5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33,
    "s": 31.25,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72777,
    "c": 0.05538,
    "h": 72.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA281

secondary

#C2CCD8

accent

#6DAA3C

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#14120F

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA281

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

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