#BDA159#BDA159

#BDA159 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.097 H 88.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA159
RGB	rgb(189, 161, 89)
HSL	hsl(43, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(43, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 52.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.30, 1.15, 40.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.30, 40.98, 88.40°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% 0.0023 0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.097 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5357, 37.0316, 14.7253)
Luminance	0.3703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA159 #5975BD

analogous

#BD6F59 #BDA159 #A7BD59

triadic

#BDA159 #59BDA1 #A159BD

tetradic

#BDA159 #59BD6F #5975BD #BD59A7

square

#BDA159 #59BD6F #5975BD #BD59A7

split-complementary

#BDA159 #59A7BD #6F59BD

monochromatic

#6F5D2C #9B813E #BDA159 #CEBA85 #E0D3B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BDA159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#BDA159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA159

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA159	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09F53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9690

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 161, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.097 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bc89',
    500: '#bda159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda159;
$custom-light: #d3bc89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.2,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7186,
    "c": 0.09731,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA159

secondary

#A4B0CE

accent

#78D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA159

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

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