#BDA481#BDA481

#BDA481 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.056 H 76.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA481
RGB	rgb(189, 164, 129)
HSL	hsl(35, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(35, 32%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 31.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, 3.90, 21.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 21.91, 79.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.18% 0.0136 0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(73.18% 0.056 76)
XYZ	xyz(38.2248, 38.9561, 26.2704)
Luminance	0.3896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA481 #819ABD

analogous

#BD8681 #BDA481 #B8BD81

triadic

#BDA481 #81BDA4 #A481BD

tetradic

#BDA481 #81BD86 #819ABD #BD81B8

square

#BDA481 #81BD86 #819ABD #BD81B8

split-complementary

#BDA481 #81B8BD #8681BD

monochromatic

#806743 #A88759 #BDA481 #D2C1A9 #E7DED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BDA481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#BDA481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA481

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA481	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)

#AEA47F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AA82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79D9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 164, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.056 76.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bea5',
    500: '#bda481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda481;
$custom-light: #d1bea5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35,
    "s": 31.25,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73184,
    "c": 0.05616,
    "h": 76
  },
  "luminance": 0.38955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA481

secondary

#C2CBD8

accent

#6AAA3C

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#14120F

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA481

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

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