#BDA479#BDA479

#BDA479 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.065 H 80.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA479
RGB	rgb(189, 164, 121)
HSL	hsl(38, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(38, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 36%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, 2.88, 25.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 25.87, 83.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% 0.0103 0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.065 80.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.7137, 38.7517, 23.5787)
Luminance	0.3875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA479 #7992BD

analogous

#BD8279 #BDA479 #B4BD79

triadic

#BDA479 #79BDA4 #A479BD

tetradic

#BDA479 #79BD82 #7992BD #BD79B4

square

#BDA479 #79BD82 #7992BD #BD79B4

split-complementary

#BDA479 #79B4BD #8279BD

monochromatic

#7E663E #A78852 #BDA479 #D1C0A2 #E5DCCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BDA479 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#BDA479 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA479

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA479	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA479	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)

#AFA476

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AA7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda479;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 164, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.065 80.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bea0',
    500: '#bda479',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda479;
$custom-light: #d2bea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda479",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.941,
    "s": 34,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73018,
    "c": 0.06505,
    "h": 80.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA479

secondary

#BCC5D6

accent

#63AD39

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA479

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

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