#BDA46C#BDA46C

#BDA46C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.079 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA46C
RGB	rgb(189, 164, 108)
HSL	hsl(41, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(41, 43%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 42.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.35, 1.39, 32.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.35, 32.43, 87.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% 0.005 0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.079 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.9695, 38.4540, 19.6595)
Luminance	0.3845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA46C #6C85BD

analogous

#BD7B6C #BDA46C #ADBD6C

triadic

#BDA46C #6CBDA4 #A46CBD

tetradic

#BDA46C #6CBD7B #6C85BD #BD6CAD

square

#BDA46C #6CBD7B #6C85BD #BD6CAD

split-complementary

#BDA46C #6CADBD #7B6CBD

monochromatic

#786436 #A38749 #BDA46C #D0BE96 #E3D8C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BDA46C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#BDA46C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA46C

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA46C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA46C	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)

#B1A368

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A96E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda46c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 164, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.079 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2be97',
    500: '#bda46c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda46c;
$custom-light: #d2be97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda46c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.481,
    "s": 38.028,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72777,
    "c": 0.07949,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA46C

secondary

#B2BCD3

accent

#7ECE5A

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA46C

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

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