#BDA259#BDA259

#BDA259 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.098 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA259
RGB	rgb(189, 162, 89)
HSL	hsl(44, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(44, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 52.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.56, 0.61, 41.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.56, 41.28, 89.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% 0.0007 0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.098 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.7112, 37.3825, 14.7838)
Luminance	0.3738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA259 #5974BD

analogous

#BD7059 #BDA259 #A6BD59

triadic

#BDA259 #59BDA2 #A259BD

tetradic

#BDA259 #59BD70 #5974BD #BD59A6

square

#BDA259 #59BD70 #5974BD #BD59A6

split-complementary

#BDA259 #59A6BD #7059BD

monochromatic

#6F5D2C #9B823E #BDA259 #CEBB85 #E0D3B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BDA259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#BDA259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA259

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA259	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9791

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 162, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.098 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bd89',
    500: '#bda259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda259;
$custom-light: #d3bd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.8,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72067,
    "c": 0.09797,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA259

secondary

#A4AFCE

accent

#77D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA259

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

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