#BDA161#BDA161

#BDA161 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.089 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA161
RGB	rgb(189, 161, 97)
HSL	hsl(42, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(42, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 48.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.41, 1.88, 36.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.41, 37.03, 87.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71.98% 0.0054 0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(71.98% 0.089 86.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.8901, 37.1733, 16.5917)
Luminance	0.3717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA161 #617DBD

analogous

#BD7361 #BDA161 #ABBD61

triadic

#BDA161 #61BDA1 #A161BD

tetradic

#BDA161 #61BD73 #617DBD #BD61AB

square

#BDA161 #61BD73 #617DBD #BD61AB

split-complementary

#BDA161 #61ABBD #7361BD

monochromatic

#735F30 #9F8242 #BDA161 #CFBB8C #E1D4B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BDA161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#BDA161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA161

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA161	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA05C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A763

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9791

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 161, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.089 86.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bc8f',
    500: '#bda161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda161;
$custom-light: #d3bc8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.739,
    "s": 41.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71978,
    "c": 0.08923,
    "h": 86.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA161

secondary

#AAB5D0

accent

#7CD157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA161

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

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