#BDA379#BDA379

#BDA379 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.065 H 79.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA379
RGB	rgb(189, 163, 121)
HSL	hsl(37, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(37, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 36%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.31, 3.43, 25.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.31, 25.59, 82.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% 0.0119 0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.065 79.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.5354, 38.3952, 23.5193)
Luminance	0.3839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA379 #7993BD

analogous

#BD8179 #BDA379 #B5BD79

triadic

#BDA379 #79BDA3 #A379BD

tetradic

#BDA379 #79BD81 #7993BD #BD79B5

square

#BDA379 #79BD81 #7993BD #BD79B5

split-complementary

#BDA379 #79B5BD #8179BD

monochromatic

#7E653E #A78652 #BDA379 #D1BFA2 #E5DBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BDA379 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#BDA379 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA379

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA379	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA379	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA376

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A97A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda379;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 163, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.065 79.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bea0',
    500: '#bda379',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda379;
$custom-light: #d2bea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda379",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.059,
    "s": 34,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72814,
    "c": 0.06451,
    "h": 79.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA379

secondary

#BCC6D6

accent

#65AD39

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA379

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

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