#BDA878#BDA878

#BDA878 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.069 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA878
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 120)
HSL	hsl(42, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(42, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 36.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.60, 0.61, 27.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.60, 27.62, 88.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% 0.0036 0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.069 87)
XYZ	xyz(38.3798, 40.1815, 23.4998)
Luminance	0.4018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA878 #788DBD

analogous

#BD8578 #BDA878 #AFBD78

triadic

#BDA878 #78BDA8 #A878BD

tetradic

#BDA878 #78BD85 #788DBD #BD78AF

square

#BDA878 #78BD85 #788DBD #BD78AF

split-complementary

#BDA878 #78AFBD #8578BD

monochromatic

#7D6A3D #A68D51 #BDA878 #D1C2A1 #E5DDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BDA878 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#BDA878 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA878

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA878	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA878	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A775

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AC79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A09C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda878;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.069 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c19f',
    500: '#bda878',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda878;
$custom-light: #d2c19f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda878",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.739,
    "s": 34.328,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73821,
    "c": 0.06879,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.4018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA878

secondary

#BBC3D6

accent

#5CAD38

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF7F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA878

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

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