#BDA157#BDA157

#BDA157 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.099 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA157
RGB	rgb(189, 161, 87)
HSL	hsl(44, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(44, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 54%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.28, 0.97, 41.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.28, 41.96, 88.67°)
OKLab	oklab(71.83% 0.0016 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(71.83% 0.099 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.4529, 36.9984, 14.2890)
Luminance	0.3700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA157 #5773BD

analogous

#BD6E57 #BDA157 #A6BD57

triadic

#BDA157 #57BDA1 #A157BD

tetradic

#BDA157 #57BD6E #5773BD #BD57A6

square

#BDA157 #57BD6E #5773BD #BD57A6

split-complementary

#BDA157 #57A6BD #6E57BD

monochromatic

#6E5C2B #9A813D #BDA157 #CEBA83 #E0D2AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BDA157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#BDA157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA157

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA157	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09F50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A75A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9690

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 161, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.099 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bc88',
    500: '#bda157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda157;
$custom-light: #d3bc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.529,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71832,
    "c": 0.09926,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA157

secondary

#A2AECE

accent

#77D354

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA157

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

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