#BDA252#BDA252

#BDA252 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.105 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA252
RGB	rgb(189, 162, 82)
HSL	hsl(45, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 56.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.48, 0.02, 44.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.48, 44.67, 89.97°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% -0.0018 0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.105 91)
XYZ	xyz(35.4311, 37.2704, 13.3087)
Luminance	0.3727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA252 #526DBD

analogous

#BD6C52 #BDA252 #A2BD52

triadic

#BDA252 #52BDA2 #A252BD

tetradic

#BDA252 #52BD6C #526DBD #BD52A2

square

#BDA252 #52BD6C #526DBD #BD52A2

split-complementary

#BDA252 #52A2BD #6C52BD

monochromatic

#6C5B29 #98803A #BDA252 #CEBA7E #DFD2AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BDA252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#BDA252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA252

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA252	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 162, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.105 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bd85',
    500: '#bda252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda252;
$custom-light: #d3bd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.86,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71974,
    "c": 0.10472,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.37269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA252

secondary

#9EAACC

accent

#74D453

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA252

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

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