#BDA873#BDA873

#BDA873 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.075 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA873
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 115)
HSL	hsl(43, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(43, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 39.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, 0.02, 30.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 30.18, 89.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.73% 0.0016 0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(73.73% 0.075 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.0843, 40.0633, 21.9432)
Luminance	0.4006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA873 #7388BD

analogous

#BD8373 #BDA873 #ADBD73

triadic

#BDA873 #73BDA8 #A873BD

tetradic

#BDA873 #73BD83 #7388BD #BD73AD

square

#BDA873 #73BD83 #7388BD #BD73AD

split-complementary

#BDA873 #73ADBD #8373BD

monochromatic

#7B693A #A58C4E #BDA873 #D1C29D #E4DCC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BDA873 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#BDA873 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA873

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA873	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA873	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A66F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AC75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda873;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.075 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c19c',
    500: '#bda873',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda873;
$custom-light: #d2c19c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda873",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.973,
    "s": 35.922,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73727,
    "c": 0.07453,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA873

secondary

#B8C0D4

accent

#7CCC5C

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF7F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA873

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

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