#BDA36E#BDA36E

#BDA36E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.077 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA36E
RGB	rgb(189, 163, 110)
HSL	hsl(40, 37%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(40, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 41.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.12, 2.15, 31.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.12, 31.11, 86.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% 0.0074 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.077 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.8990, 38.1406, 20.1671)
Luminance	0.3814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA36E #6E88BD

analogous

#BD7B6E #BDA36E #AFBD6E

triadic

#BDA36E #6EBDA3 #A36EBD

tetradic

#BDA36E #6EBD7B #6E88BD #BD6EAF

square

#BDA36E #6EBD7B #6E88BD #BD6EAF

split-complementary

#BDA36E #6EAFBD #7B6EBD

monochromatic

#796437 #A3864A #BDA36E #D0BE98 #E3D8C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BDA36E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#BDA36E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA36E

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA36E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA36E	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA26A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A970

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99A96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda36e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 163, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.077 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2be98',
    500: '#bda36e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda36e;
$custom-light: #d2be98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda36e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.253,
    "s": 37.441,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72606,
    "c": 0.07664,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA36E

secondary

#B4BED3

accent

#80CD5A

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA36E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →