#BDA37B#BDA37B

#BDA37B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.062 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA37B
RGB	rgb(189, 163, 123)
HSL	hsl(36, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(36, 35%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 34.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.35, 3.67, 24.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.35, 24.60, 81.41°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% 0.0127 0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.062 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.6594, 38.4447, 24.1719)
Luminance	0.3844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA37B #7B95BD

analogous

#BD827B #BDA37B #B6BD7B

triadic

#BDA37B #7BBDA3 #A37BBD

tetradic

#BDA37B #7BBD82 #7B95BD #BD7BB6

square

#BDA37B #7BBD82 #7B95BD #BD7BB6

split-complementary

#BDA37B #7BB6BD #827BBD

monochromatic

#7E663F #A78654 #BDA37B #D1BFA4 #E6DCCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BDA37B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#BDA37B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA37B

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA37B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA37B	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA378

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A97C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda37b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 163, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.062 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bea1',
    500: '#bda37b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda37b;
$custom-light: #d2bea1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda37b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.364,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72854,
    "c": 0.0623,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA37B

secondary

#BEC7D6

accent

#67AC39

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120F

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA37B

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

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