#BDA255#BDA255

#BDA255 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.102 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA255
RGB	rgb(189, 162, 85)
HSL	hsl(44, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(44, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 55%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.51, 0.27, 43.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.51, 43.23, 89.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.01% -0.0007 0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(72.01% 0.102 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.5477, 37.3171, 13.9231)
Luminance	0.3731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA255 #5570BD

analogous

#BD6E55 #BDA255 #A4BD55

triadic

#BDA255 #55BDA2 #A255BD

tetradic

#BDA255 #55BD6E #5570BD #BD55A4

square

#BDA255 #55BD6E #5570BD #BD55A4

split-complementary

#BDA255 #55A4BD #6E55BD

monochromatic

#6D5C2A #99813C #BDA255 #CEBA81 #DFD2AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BDA255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#BDA255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA255

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA255	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)

#B1A04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 162, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.102 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bd87',
    500: '#bda255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda255;
$custom-light: #d3bd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.423,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72013,
    "c": 0.10187,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA255

secondary

#A1ACCD

accent

#75D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA255

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

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