Soft Honey Tide

#bd9b4c

Notes

Soft Honey Tide (#BD9B4C) is a true amber with a warm character. It leans warm, pulling light toward red, orange, and yellow. Naturally inviting, it suits editorial and hospitality contexts. Its HSL profile (42°, 46%, 52%) places it in the balanced band at a mid lightness. It works across type, buttons, and borders, saturated enough to feel deliberate but balanced enough to not fight the rest of the palette. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary azure. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX

#bd9b4c

RGB

rgb(189, 155, 76)

HSL

hsl(42, 46%, 52%)