#BDA257#BDA257

#BDA257 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.100 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA257
RGB	rgb(189, 162, 87)
HSL	hsl(44, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(44, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 54%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.54, 0.44, 42.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.54, 42.26, 89.41°)
OKLab	oklab(72.04% 0 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(72.04% 0.1 90)
XYZ	xyz(35.6283, 37.3493, 14.3475)
Luminance	0.3735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA257 #5772BD

analogous

#BD6F57 #BDA257 #A5BD57

triadic

#BDA257 #57BDA2 #A257BD

tetradic

#BDA257 #57BD6F #5772BD #BD57A5

square

#BDA257 #57BD6F #5772BD #BD57A5

split-complementary

#BDA257 #57A5BD #6F57BD

monochromatic

#6E5D2B #9A813D #BDA257 #CEBA83 #E0D3AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BDA257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#BDA257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA257

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA257	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9791

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 162, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.100 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bd88',
    500: '#bda257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda257;
$custom-light: #d3bd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.118,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72039,
    "c": 0.09994,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.37348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA257

secondary

#A2AECE

accent

#76D354

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA257

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

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