#BDA970#BDA970

#BDA970 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.079 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA970
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 112)
HSL	hsl(44, 37%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(44, 41%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 40.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.73, -0.86, 32.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.73, 32.06, 91.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.88% -0.0012 0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(73.88% 0.079 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.0998, 40.3660, 21.1106)
Luminance	0.4037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA970 #7084BD

analogous

#BD8370 #BDA970 #ABBD70

triadic

#BDA970 #70BDA9 #A970BD

tetradic

#BDA970 #70BD83 #7084BD #BD70AB

square

#BDA970 #70BD83 #7084BD #BD70AB

split-complementary

#BDA970 #70ABBD #8370BD

monochromatic

#7A6938 #A48D4C #BDA970 #D0C29A #E4DBC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BDA970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#BDA970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA970

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA970	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A76C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAD72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.079 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c29a',
    500: '#bda970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda970;
$custom-light: #d2c29a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.416,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73881,
    "c": 0.07873,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA970

secondary

#B5BDD4

accent

#79CD5B

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF7F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA970

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

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