#BDA986#BDA986

#BDA986 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.053 H 81.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA986
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 134)
HSL	hsl(38, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(38, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 29.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, 1.86, 20.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 20.82, 84.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.31% 0.0079 0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(74.31% 0.053 81.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.4777, 40.9172, 28.3679)
Luminance	0.4092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA986 #869ABD

analogous

#BD8D86 #BDA986 #B5BD86

triadic

#BDA986 #86BDA9 #A986BD

tetradic

#BDA986 #86BD8D #869ABD #BD86B5

square

#BDA986 #86BD8D #869ABD #BD86B5

split-complementary

#BDA986 #86B5BD #8D86BD

monochromatic

#826C47 #A78D5E #BDA986 #D3C5AE #E8E1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BDA986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#BDA986 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA986

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA986	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A884

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AE87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A3A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.053 81.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c2a9',
    500: '#bda986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda986;
$custom-light: #d1c2a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.182,
    "s": 29.412,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74314,
    "c": 0.05317,
    "h": 81.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA986

secondary

#C6CDD9

accent

#64A83D

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F7F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA986

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

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