#BDA56E#BDA56E

#BDA56E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.078 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA56E
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 110)
HSL	hsl(42, 37%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(42, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 41.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.65, 1.07, 31.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.65, 31.73, 88.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% 0.0042 0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.078 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.2569, 38.8564, 20.2864)
Luminance	0.3886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA56E #6E86BD

analogous

#BD7D6E #BDA56E #ADBD6E

triadic

#BDA56E #6EBDA5 #A56EBD

tetradic

#BDA56E #6EBD7D #6E86BD #BD6EAD

square

#BDA56E #6EBD7D #6E86BD #BD6EAD

split-complementary

#BDA56E #6EADBD #7D6EBD

monochromatic

#796537 #A3884A #BDA56E #D0BF98 #E3D9C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BDA56E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#BDA56E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA56E

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA56E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA56E	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	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)

#B1A46A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AA70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda56e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.078 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bf98',
    500: '#bda56e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda56e;
$custom-light: #d2bf98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda56e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.772,
    "s": 37.441,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73018,
    "c": 0.07796,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA56E

secondary

#B4BDD3

accent

#7DCD5A

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF7F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA56E

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

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