#BDAA74#BDAA74

#BDAA74 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.075 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAA74
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 116)
HSL	hsl(44, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(44, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 38.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, -0.94, 30.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 30.37, 91.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% -0.0012 0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.075 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.5142, 40.8306, 22.3719)
Luminance	0.4083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA74 #7487BD

analogous

#BD8674 #BDAA74 #ABBD74

triadic

#BDAA74 #74BDAA #AA74BD

tetradic

#BDAA74 #74BD86 #7487BD #BD74AB

square

#BDAA74 #74BD86 #7487BD #BD74AB

split-complementary

#BDAA74 #74ABBD #8674BD

monochromatic

#7C6B3B #A58F4E #BDAA74 #D1C39D #E4DDC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BDAA74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#BDAA74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA74

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA74	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A870

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAE76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaa74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.075 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c39c',
    500: '#bdaa74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa74;
$custom-light: #d2c39c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.384,
    "s": 35.61,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7416,
    "c": 0.07497,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA74

secondary

#B8C0D5

accent

#79CC5C

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF7F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA74

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

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