#BDA260#BDA260

#BDA260 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.091 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA260
RGB	rgb(189, 162, 96)
HSL	hsl(43, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(43, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 49.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.65, 1.25, 37.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.65, 37.83, 88.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% 0.0034 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.091 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.0192, 37.5057, 16.4061)
Luminance	0.3750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA260 #607BBD

analogous

#BD7360 #BDA260 #A9BD60

triadic

#BDA260 #60BDA2 #A260BD

tetradic

#BDA260 #60BD73 #607BBD #BD60A9

square

#BDA260 #60BD73 #607BBD #BD60A9

split-complementary

#BDA260 #60A9BD #7360BD

monochromatic

#735F30 #9E8342 #BDA260 #CFBB8B #E1D5B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BDA260 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#BDA260 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA260

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA260	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA260	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A15B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9892

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda260;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 162, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.091 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bd8e',
    500: '#bda260',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda260;
$custom-light: #d3bd8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda260",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.581,
    "s": 41.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72169,
    "c": 0.09091,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA260

secondary

#A9B4D0

accent

#7AD157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA260

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

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