#BDA97C#BDA97C

#BDA97C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.065 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA97C
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 124)
HSL	hsl(42, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(42, 34%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 34.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.93, 0.56, 25.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.93, 25.91, 88.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% 0.0037 0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.065 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.8130, 40.6513, 24.8668)
Luminance	0.4065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA97C #7C90BD

analogous

#BD897C #BDA97C #B1BD7C

triadic

#BDA97C #7CBDA9 #A97CBD

tetradic

#BDA97C #7CBD89 #7C90BD #BD7CB1

square

#BDA97C #7CBD89 #7C90BD #BD7CB1

split-complementary

#BDA97C #7CB1BD #897CBD

monochromatic

#7F6B40 #A78E54 #BDA97C #D2C4A5 #E6DECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BDA97C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#BDA97C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA97C

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA97C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA97C	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A879

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AD7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda97c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.065 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c2a2',
    500: '#bda97c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda97c;
$custom-light: #d2c2a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda97c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 32.995,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74106,
    "c": 0.06488,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA97C

secondary

#BEC6D7

accent

#5DAC3A

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F7F3

border

#D2D0CD

text

#14120F

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA97C

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

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