#BDA987#BDA987

#BDA987 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.052 H 80.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA987
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 135)
HSL	hsl(38, 29%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(38, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 28.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.14, 1.99, 20.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.14, 20.32, 84.37°)
OKLab	oklab(74.34% 0.0083 0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(74.34% 0.052 80.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.5478, 40.9452, 28.7369)
Luminance	0.4094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA987 #879BBD

analogous

#BD8E87 #BDA987 #B6BD87

triadic

#BDA987 #87BDA9 #A987BD

tetradic

#BDA987 #87BD8E #879BBD #BD87B6

square

#BDA987 #87BD8E #879BBD #BD87B6

split-complementary

#BDA987 #87B6BD #8E87BD

monochromatic

#826C48 #A78D60 #BDA987 #D3C5AE #E8E2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BDA987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#BDA987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA987

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA987	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A985

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AE88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A3A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.052 80.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c2aa',
    500: '#bda987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda987;
$custom-light: #d1c2aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.778,
    "s": 29.032,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74336,
    "c": 0.052,
    "h": 80.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA987

secondary

#C6CDD9

accent

#65A83E

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F7F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA987

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

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