#BDA579#BDA579

#BDA579 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.066 H 82.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA579
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 121)
HSL	hsl(39, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(39, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 36%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.83, 2.34, 26.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.83, 26.16, 84.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% 0.0087 0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.066 82.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.8934, 39.1110, 23.6386)
Luminance	0.3911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA579 #7991BD

analogous

#BD8379 #BDA579 #B3BD79

triadic

#BDA579 #79BDA5 #A579BD

tetradic

#BDA579 #79BD83 #7991BD #BD79B3

square

#BDA579 #79BD83 #7991BD #BD79B3

split-complementary

#BDA579 #79B3BD #8379BD

monochromatic

#7E673E #A78952 #BDA579 #D1C1A2 #E5DCCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BDA579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#BDA579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA579

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA579	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A476

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AB7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.066 82.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bfa0',
    500: '#bda579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda579;
$custom-light: #d2bfa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.824,
    "s": 34,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73223,
    "c": 0.06563,
    "h": 82.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA579

secondary

#BCC5D6

accent

#62AD39

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF7F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA579

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

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