#BDAA72#BDAA72

#BDAA72 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.077 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAA72
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 114)
HSL	hsl(45, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(45, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 39.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.02, -1.17, 31.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.02, 31.40, 92.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.12% -0.002 0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(74.12% 0.077 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.3991, 40.7845, 21.7658)
Luminance	0.4078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA72 #7285BD

analogous

#BD8572 #BDAA72 #ABBD72

triadic

#BDAA72 #72BDAA #AA72BD

tetradic

#BDAA72 #72BD85 #7285BD #BD72AB

square

#BDAA72 #72BD85 #7285BD #BD72AB

split-complementary

#BDAA72 #72ABBD #8572BD

monochromatic

#7B6A3A #A58F4D #BDAA72 #D1C39C #E4DCC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BDAA72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#BDAA72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA72

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA72	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A86E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAE74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaa72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.077 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c39b',
    500: '#bdaa72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa72;
$custom-light: #d2c39b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.8,
    "s": 36.232,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74124,
    "c": 0.07728,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA72

secondary

#B7BED4

accent

#78CC5C

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF7F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA72

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

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