#BDA56D#BDA56D

#BDA56D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.079 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA56D
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 109)
HSL	hsl(42, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(42, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 42.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, 0.96, 32.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 32.24, 88.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73% 0.0038 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.079 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.2027, 38.8347, 20.0012)
Luminance	0.3883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA56D #6D85BD

analogous

#BD7D6D #BDA56D #ADBD6D

triadic

#BDA56D #6DBDA5 #A56DBD

tetradic

#BDA56D #6DBD7D #6D85BD #BD6DAD

square

#BDA56D #6DBD7D #6D85BD #BD6DAD

split-complementary

#BDA56D #6DADBD #7D6DBD

monochromatic

#796537 #A3884A #BDA56D #D0BF97 #E3D9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BDA56D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#BDA56D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA56D

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA56D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA56D	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A469

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AA6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda56d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.079 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bf97',
    500: '#bda56d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda56d;
$custom-light: #d2bf97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda56d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 37.736,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73,
    "c": 0.07907,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA56D

secondary

#B3BDD3

accent

#7DCE5A

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF7F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA56D

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

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