#BDA36C#BDA36C

#BDA36C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.079 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA36C
RGB	rgb(189, 163, 108)
HSL	hsl(41, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(41, 43%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 42.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, 1.93, 32.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 32.12, 86.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% 0.0066 0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.079 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7913, 38.0975, 19.6000)
Luminance	0.3810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA36C #6C86BD

analogous

#BD7A6C #BDA36C #AEBD6C

triadic

#BDA36C #6CBDA3 #A36CBD

tetradic

#BDA36C #6CBD7A #6C86BD #BD6CAE

square

#BDA36C #6CBD7A #6C86BD #BD6CAE

split-complementary

#BDA36C #6CAEBD #7A6CBD

monochromatic

#786336 #A38649 #BDA36C #D0BD96 #E3D8C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BDA36C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#BDA36C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA36C

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA36C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA36C	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A268

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A96E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda36c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 163, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.079 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2be97',
    500: '#bda36c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda36c;
$custom-light: #d2be97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda36c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.741,
    "s": 38.028,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72571,
    "c": 0.07882,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA36C

secondary

#B2BDD3

accent

#7FCE5A

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA36C

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

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