#BDA971#BDA971

#BDA971 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.078 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA971
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 113)
HSL	hsl(44, 37%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(44, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 40.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, -0.75, 31.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 31.55, 91.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% -0.0008 0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.078 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.1558, 40.3884, 21.4055)
Luminance	0.4039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA971 #7185BD

analogous

#BD8371 #BDA971 #ABBD71

triadic

#BDA971 #71BDA9 #A971BD

tetradic

#BDA971 #71BD83 #7185BD #BD71AB

square

#BDA971 #71BD83 #7185BD #BD71AB

split-complementary

#BDA971 #71ABBD #8371BD

monochromatic

#7B6939 #A48D4C #BDA971 #D0C29B #E4DCC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BDA971 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#BDA971 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA971

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA971	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA971	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A76D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAD73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda971;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.078 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c29a',
    500: '#bda971',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda971;
$custom-light: #d2c29a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda971",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.211,
    "s": 36.538,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73899,
    "c": 0.07759,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA971

secondary

#B6BED4

accent

#79CD5B

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF7F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA971

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

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