#BDA56C#BDA56C

#BDA56C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.080 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA56C
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 108)
HSL	hsl(42, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(42, 43%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 42.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, 0.85, 32.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 32.75, 88.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% 0.0034 0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.08 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.1492, 38.8133, 19.7193)
Luminance	0.3881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA56C #6C84BD

analogous

#BD7C6C #BDA56C #ACBD6C

triadic

#BDA56C #6CBDA5 #A56CBD

tetradic

#BDA56C #6CBD7C #6C84BD #BD6CAC

square

#BDA56C #6CBD7C #6C84BD #BD6CAC

split-complementary

#BDA56C #6CACBD #7C6CBD

monochromatic

#786536 #A38849 #BDA56C #D0BF96 #E3D9C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BDA56C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#BDA56C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA56C

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA56C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA56C	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)

#B2A468

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AA6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda56c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.080 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bf97',
    500: '#bda56c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda56c;
$custom-light: #d2bf97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda56c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.222,
    "s": 38.028,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72983,
    "c": 0.08017,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA56C

secondary

#B2BCD3

accent

#7CCE5A

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF7F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA56C

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

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