#BDA472#BDA472

#BDA472 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.073 H 84.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA472
RGB	rgb(189, 164, 114)
HSL	hsl(40, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(40, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 39.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, 2.06, 29.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 29.39, 85.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% 0.0074 0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.073 84.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.2999, 38.5862, 21.3994)
Luminance	0.3859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA472 #728BBD

analogous

#BD7F72 #BDA472 #B1BD72

triadic

#BDA472 #72BDA4 #A472BD

tetradic

#BDA472 #72BD7F #728BBD #BD72B1

square

#BDA472 #72BD7F #728BBD #BD72B1

split-complementary

#BDA472 #72B1BD #7F72BD

monochromatic

#7B653A #A5884D #BDA472 #D1BF9C #E4DAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BDA472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#BDA472 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA472

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA472	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A36E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AA73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 164, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.073 84.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2be9b',
    500: '#bda472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda472;
$custom-light: #d2be9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 36.232,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72884,
    "c": 0.07286,
    "h": 84.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA472

secondary

#B7C1D4

accent

#81CC5C

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA472

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

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