#BDAA73#BDAA73

#BDAA73 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.076 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAA73
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 115)
HSL	hsl(45, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(45, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 39.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, -1.05, 30.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 30.89, 91.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% -0.0016 0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.076 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.4563, 40.8074, 22.0672)
Luminance	0.4081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA73 #7386BD

analogous

#BD8573 #BDAA73 #ABBD73

triadic

#BDAA73 #73BDAA #AA73BD

tetradic

#BDAA73 #73BD85 #7386BD #BD73AB

square

#BDAA73 #73BD85 #7386BD #BD73AB

split-complementary

#BDAA73 #73ABBD #8573BD

monochromatic

#7B6B3A #A58F4E #BDAA73 #D1C39D #E4DDC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BDAA73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#BDAA73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA73

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA73	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)

#B6A86F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAE75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaa73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.076 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c39c',
    500: '#bdaa73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa73;
$custom-light: #d2c39c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.595,
    "s": 35.922,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74142,
    "c": 0.07613,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA73

secondary

#B8BFD4

accent

#79CC5C

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF7F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA73

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

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