#BDA36D#BDA36D

#BDA36D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.078 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA36D
RGB	rgb(189, 163, 109)
HSL	hsl(41, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(41, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 42.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.11, 2.04, 31.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.11, 31.61, 86.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% 0.007 0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.078 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.8448, 38.1189, 19.8819)
Luminance	0.3812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA36D #6D87BD

analogous

#BD7B6D #BDA36D #AFBD6D

triadic

#BDA36D #6DBDA3 #A36DBD

tetradic

#BDA36D #6DBD7B #6D87BD #BD6DAF

square

#BDA36D #6DBD7B #6D87BD #BD6DAF

split-complementary

#BDA36D #6DAFBD #7B6DBD

monochromatic

#796337 #A3864A #BDA36D #D0BE97 #E3D8C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BDA36D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#BDA36D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA36D

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA36D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA36D	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)

#B0A269

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A96F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda36d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 163, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.078 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2be97',
    500: '#bda36d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda36d;
$custom-light: #d2be97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda36d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.5,
    "s": 37.736,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72588,
    "c": 0.07773,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA36D

secondary

#B3BDD3

accent

#80CE5A

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA36D

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

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