#BDA273#BDA273

#BDA273 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.071 H 81.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA273
RGB	rgb(189, 162, 115)
HSL	hsl(38, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(38, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 39.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.95, 3.25, 28.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.95, 28.31, 83.40°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% 0.011 0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.071 81.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.0020, 37.8988, 21.5825)
Luminance	0.3790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA273 #738EBD

analogous

#BD7D73 #BDA273 #B3BD73

triadic

#BDA273 #73BDA2 #A273BD

tetradic

#BDA273 #73BD7D #738EBD #BD73B3

square

#BDA273 #73BD7D #738EBD #BD73B3

split-complementary

#BDA273 #73B3BD #7D73BD

monochromatic

#7B643A #A5854E #BDA273 #D1BE9D #E4D9C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BDA273 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#BDA273 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA273

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA273	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA273	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA270

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A874

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89A96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda273;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 162, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.071 81.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bd9b',
    500: '#bda273',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda273;
$custom-light: #d2bd9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda273",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.108,
    "s": 35.922,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72493,
    "c": 0.07058,
    "h": 81.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA273

secondary

#B8C2D4

accent

#85CC5C

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA273

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

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