#BDA56B#BDA56B

#BDA56B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.081 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA56B
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 107)
HSL	hsl(42, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(42, 43%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 43.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, 0.74, 33.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 33.25, 88.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% 0.003 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.081 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.0963, 38.7922, 19.4407)
Luminance	0.3879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA56B #6B83BD

analogous

#BD7C6B #BDA56B #ACBD6B

triadic

#BDA56B #6BBDA5 #A56BBD

tetradic

#BDA56B #6BBD7C #6B83BD #BD6BAC

square

#BDA56B #6BBD7C #6B83BD #BD6BAC

split-complementary

#BDA56B #6BACBD #7C6BBD

monochromatic

#786536 #A28848 #BDA56B #D0BF95 #E3D8C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BDA56B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#BDA56B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA56B

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA56B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA56B	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A367

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AA6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda56b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.081 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bf96',
    500: '#bda56b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda56b;
$custom-light: #d2bf96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda56b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.439,
    "s": 38.318,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72966,
    "c": 0.08127,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA56B

secondary

#B2BBD2

accent

#7CCE5A

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF7F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA56B

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

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