#BDA261#BDA261

#BDA261 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.090 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA261
RGB	rgb(189, 162, 97)
HSL	hsl(42, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(42, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 48.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.67, 1.34, 37.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.67, 37.33, 87.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% 0.0038 0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.09 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.0655, 37.5242, 16.6501)
Luminance	0.3752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA261 #617CBD

analogous

#BD7461 #BDA261 #AABD61

triadic

#BDA261 #61BDA2 #A261BD

tetradic

#BDA261 #61BD74 #617CBD #BD61AA

square

#BDA261 #61BD74 #617CBD #BD61AA

split-complementary

#BDA261 #61AABD #7461BD

monochromatic

#736030 #9F8342 #BDA261 #CFBB8C #E1D5B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BDA261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#BDA261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA261

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA261	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)

#B0A15C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9892

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 162, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.090 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bd8f',
    500: '#bda261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda261;
$custom-light: #d3bd8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.391,
    "s": 41.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72184,
    "c": 0.08988,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA261

secondary

#AAB5D0

accent

#7BD157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA261

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

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