#BDA478#BDA478

#BDA478 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.066 H 81.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA478
RGB	rgb(189, 164, 120)
HSL	hsl(38, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(38, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 36.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, 2.76, 26.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 26.37, 83.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73% 0.0099 0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.066 81.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.6527, 38.7273, 23.2574)
Luminance	0.3873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA478 #7891BD

analogous

#BD8178 #BDA478 #B3BD78

triadic

#BDA478 #78BDA4 #A478BD

tetradic

#BDA478 #78BD81 #7891BD #BD78B3

square

#BDA478 #78BD81 #7891BD #BD78B3

split-complementary

#BDA478 #78B3BD #8178BD

monochromatic

#7D663D #A68851 #BDA478 #D1C0A1 #E5DBCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BDA478 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#BDA478 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA478

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA478	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA478	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA475

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AA79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda478;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 164, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.066 81.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2be9f',
    500: '#bda478',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda478;
$custom-light: #d2be9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda478",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.261,
    "s": 34.328,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72998,
    "c": 0.06617,
    "h": 81.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA478

secondary

#BBC5D6

accent

#63AD38

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA478

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

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