#BDA059#BDA059

#BDA059 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.097 H 87.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA059
RGB	rgb(189, 160, 89)
HSL	hsl(43, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(43, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 52.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.04, 1.69, 40.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.04, 40.68, 87.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% 0.0039 0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.097 87.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.3616, 36.6835, 14.6673)
Luminance	0.3668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA059 #5976BD

analogous

#BD6E59 #BDA059 #A8BD59

triadic

#BDA059 #59BDA0 #A059BD

tetradic

#BDA059 #59BD6E #5976BD #BD59A8

square

#BDA059 #59BD6E #5976BD #BD59A8

split-complementary

#BDA059 #59A8BD #6E59BD

monochromatic

#6F5C2C #9B803E #BDA059 #CEB985 #E0D2B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#BDA059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#BDA059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA059

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA059	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9F53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB958F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 160, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.097 87.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bb89',
    500: '#bda059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda059;
$custom-light: #d3bb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.6,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71654,
    "c": 0.09666,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA059

secondary

#A4B0CE

accent

#79D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA059

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

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