#BDA978#BDA978

#BDA978 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.070 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA978
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 120)
HSL	hsl(43, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(43, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 36.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, 0.07, 27.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 27.96, 89.86°)
OKLab	oklab(74.03% 0.002 0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(74.03% 0.07 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.5651, 40.5522, 23.5616)
Luminance	0.4055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA978 #788CBD

analogous

#BD8678 #BDA978 #AEBD78

triadic

#BDA978 #78BDA9 #A978BD

tetradic

#BDA978 #78BD86 #788CBD #BD78AE

square

#BDA978 #78BD86 #788CBD #BD78AE

split-complementary

#BDA978 #78AEBD #8678BD

monochromatic

#7D6B3D #A68E51 #BDA978 #D1C3A1 #E5DDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BDA978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#BDA978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA978

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA978	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A775

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AD7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.070 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c29f',
    500: '#bda978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda978;
$custom-light: #d2c29f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.609,
    "s": 34.328,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74028,
    "c": 0.06954,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA978

secondary

#BBC3D6

accent

#5AAD38

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF7F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA978

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

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