#BDA480#BDA480

#BDA480 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.057 H 76.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA480
RGB	rgb(189, 164, 128)
HSL	hsl(35, 32%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(35, 32%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 32.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, 3.77, 22.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 22.40, 80.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% 0.0132 0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.057 76.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.1586, 38.9296, 25.9220)
Luminance	0.3893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA480 #8099BD

analogous

#BD8680 #BDA480 #B7BD80

triadic

#BDA480 #80BDA4 #A480BD

tetradic

#BDA480 #80BD86 #8099BD #BD80B7

square

#BDA480 #80BD86 #8099BD #BD80B7

split-complementary

#BDA480 #80B7BD #8680BD

monochromatic

#806743 #A88758 #BDA480 #D2C1A8 #E7DED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BDA480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#BDA480 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA480

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA480	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA47E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AA81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79D9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 164, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.057 76.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bea5',
    500: '#bda480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda480;
$custom-light: #d2bea5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.41,
    "s": 31.606,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73162,
    "c": 0.05726,
    "h": 76.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA480

secondary

#C1CAD8

accent

#69AA3B

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#14120F

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA480

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

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