#BDA253#BDA253

#BDA253 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.104 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA253
RGB	rgb(189, 162, 83)
HSL	hsl(45, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 56.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.49, 0.10, 44.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.49, 44.20, 89.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% -0.0014 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.104 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.4694, 37.2858, 13.5105)
Luminance	0.3728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA253 #536EBD

analogous

#BD6D53 #BDA253 #A3BD53

triadic

#BDA253 #53BDA2 #A253BD

tetradic

#BDA253 #53BD6D #536EBD #BD53A3

square

#BDA253 #53BD6D #536EBD #BD53A3

split-complementary

#BDA253 #53A3BD #6D53BD

monochromatic

#6C5B29 #98803A #BDA253 #CEBA7F #DFD2AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BDA253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#BDA253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA253

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA253	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A04C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 162, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.104 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bd85',
    500: '#bda253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda253;
$custom-light: #d3bd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.717,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71987,
    "c": 0.10377,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA253

secondary

#9FABCD

accent

#74D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA253

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

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