#BDA46D#BDA46D

#BDA46D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.078 H 86.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA46D
RGB	rgb(189, 164, 109)
HSL	hsl(41, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(41, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 42.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, 1.50, 31.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 31.92, 87.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.79% 0.0054 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(72.79% 0.078 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.0231, 38.4754, 19.9414)
Luminance	0.3847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA46D #6D86BD

analogous

#BD7C6D #BDA46D #AEBD6D

triadic

#BDA46D #6DBDA4 #A46DBD

tetradic

#BDA46D #6DBD7C #6D86BD #BD6DAE

square

#BDA46D #6DBD7C #6D86BD #BD6DAE

split-complementary

#BDA46D #6DAEBD #7C6DBD

monochromatic

#796437 #A3874A #BDA46D #D0BE97 #E3D9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BDA46D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#BDA46D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA46D

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA46D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA46D	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)

#B1A369

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AA6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda46d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 164, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.078 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2be97',
    500: '#bda46d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda46d;
$custom-light: #d2be97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda46d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.25,
    "s": 37.736,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72794,
    "c": 0.07838,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA46D

secondary

#B3BDD3

accent

#7ECE5A

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA46D

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

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