#BDA162#BDA162

#BDA162 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.088 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA162
RGB	rgb(189, 161, 98)
HSL	hsl(42, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(42, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 48.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.42, 1.98, 36.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.42, 36.53, 86.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% 0.0057 0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.088 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.9370, 37.1921, 16.8388)
Luminance	0.3719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA162 #627EBD

analogous

#BD7462 #BDA162 #ACBD62

triadic

#BDA162 #62BDA1 #A162BD

tetradic

#BDA162 #62BD74 #627EBD #BD62AC

square

#BDA162 #62BD74 #627EBD #BD62AC

split-complementary

#BDA162 #62ACBD #7462BD

monochromatic

#745F31 #9F8343 #BDA162 #CFBB8D #E1D5B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BDA162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#BDA162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA162

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA162	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA05D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A764

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9792

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 161, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.088 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bc90',
    500: '#bda162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda162;
$custom-light: #d3bc90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 40.807,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71994,
    "c": 0.0882,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA162

secondary

#ABB6D0

accent

#7DD157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA162

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

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