#BDA15E#BDA15E

#BDA15E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.092 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA15E
RGB	rgb(189, 161, 94)
HSL	hsl(42, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(42, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 50.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.37, 1.60, 38.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.37, 38.52, 87.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% 0.0042 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.092 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.7528, 37.1184, 15.8689)
Luminance	0.3712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA15E #5E7ABD

analogous

#BD715E #BDA15E #A9BD5E

triadic

#BDA15E #5EBDA1 #A15EBD

tetradic

#BDA15E #5EBD71 #5E7ABD #BD5EA9

square

#BDA15E #5EBD71 #5E7ABD #BD5EA9

split-complementary

#BDA15E #5EA9BD #715EBD

monochromatic

#725E2F #9D8240 #BDA15E #CFBA89 #E1D4B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BDA15E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#BDA15E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA15E

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA15E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA15E	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA058

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9791

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda15e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 161, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.092 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bc8d',
    500: '#bda15e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda15e;
$custom-light: #d3bc8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda15e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.316,
    "s": 41.85,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71932,
    "c": 0.09231,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA15E

secondary

#A8B3CF

accent

#7BD256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA15E

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

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