#BDA263#BDA263

#BDA263 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.088 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA263
RGB	rgb(189, 162, 99)
HSL	hsl(42, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(42, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 47.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.70, 1.54, 36.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.70, 36.33, 87.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% 0.0046 0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.088 87)
XYZ	xyz(36.1600, 37.5620, 17.1475)
Luminance	0.3756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA263 #637EBD

analogous

#BD7563 #BDA263 #ABBD63

triadic

#BDA263 #63BDA2 #A263BD

tetradic

#BDA263 #63BD75 #637EBD #BD63AB

square

#BDA263 #63BD75 #637EBD #BD63AB

split-complementary

#BDA263 #63ABBD #7563BD

monochromatic

#746031 #9F8443 #BDA263 #CFBC8E #E1D5B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BDA263 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#BDA263 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA263

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA263	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA263	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A15E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A865

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9893

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda263;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 162, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.088 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bd90',
    500: '#bda263',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda263;
$custom-light: #d3bd90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda263",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72215,
    "c": 0.0878,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.3756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA263

secondary

#ABB7D0

accent

#7CD057

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA263

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

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