#BDA357#BDA357

#BDA357 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.101 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA357
RGB	rgb(189, 163, 87)
HSL	hsl(45, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 54%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.80, -0.10, 42.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.80, 42.57, 90.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% -0.0016 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.101 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.8052, 37.7030, 14.4064)
Luminance	0.3770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA357 #5771BD

analogous

#BD7057 #BDA357 #A4BD57

triadic

#BDA357 #57BDA3 #A357BD

tetradic

#BDA357 #57BD70 #5771BD #BD57A4

square

#BDA357 #57BD70 #5771BD #BD57A4

split-complementary

#BDA357 #57A4BD #7057BD

monochromatic

#6E5D2B #9A823D #BDA357 #CEBB83 #E0D3AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BDA357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#BDA357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA357

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA357	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 163, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.101 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3be88',
    500: '#bda357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda357;
$custom-light: #d3be88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.706,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72247,
    "c": 0.10064,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA357

secondary

#A2ADCE

accent

#75D354

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA357

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

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