#BDA980#BDA980

#BDA980 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.060 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA980
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 128)
HSL	hsl(40, 32%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(40, 32%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 32.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, 1.07, 23.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 23.87, 87.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% 0.0054 0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.06 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.0711, 40.7545, 26.2262)
Luminance	0.4075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA980 #8094BD

analogous

#BD8B80 #BDA980 #B3BD80

triadic

#BDA980 #80BDA9 #A980BD

tetradic

#BDA980 #80BD8B #8094BD #BD80B3

square

#BDA980 #80BD8B #8094BD #BD80B3

split-complementary

#BDA980 #80B3BD #8B80BD

monochromatic

#806C43 #A88E58 #BDA980 #D2C4A8 #E7E0D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BDA980 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#BDA980 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA980

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA980	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA980	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A87D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AD81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A29E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda980;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.060 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c2a5',
    500: '#bda980',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda980;
$custom-light: #d1c2a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda980",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.328,
    "s": 31.606,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74187,
    "c": 0.0602,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA980

secondary

#C1C9D8

accent

#60AA3B

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F7F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#14120F

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA980

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

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