#BDAA79#BDAA79

#BDAA79 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.069 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAA79
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 121)
HSL	hsl(43, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(43, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 36%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.14, -0.35, 27.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.14, 27.80, 90.71°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% 0.0009 0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.069 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.8129, 40.9501, 23.9451)
Luminance	0.4095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA79 #798CBD

analogous

#BD8879 #BDAA79 #AEBD79

triadic

#BDAA79 #79BDAA #AA79BD

tetradic

#BDAA79 #79BD88 #798CBD #BD79AE

square

#BDAA79 #79BD88 #798CBD #BD79AE

split-complementary

#BDAA79 #79AEBD #8879BD

monochromatic

#7E6C3E #A78F52 #BDAA79 #D1C4A2 #E5DECB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BDAA79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#BDAA79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA79

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA79	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)

#B5A876

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAE7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaa79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.069 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c3a0',
    500: '#bdaa79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa79;
$custom-light: #d2c3a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.235,
    "s": 34,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74254,
    "c": 0.06916,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA79

secondary

#BCC3D6

accent

#59AD39

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF7F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA79

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

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