#BDA359#BDA359

#BDA359 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.099 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA359
RGB	rgb(189, 163, 89)
HSL	hsl(44, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(44, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 52.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.83, 0.07, 41.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.83, 41.60, 89.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% -0.0008 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.099 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.8880, 37.7362, 14.8427)
Luminance	0.3773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA359 #5973BD

analogous

#BD7159 #BDA359 #A5BD59

triadic

#BDA359 #59BDA3 #A359BD

tetradic

#BDA359 #59BD71 #5973BD #BD59A5

square

#BDA359 #59BD71 #5973BD #BD59A5

split-complementary

#BDA359 #59A5BD #7159BD

monochromatic

#6F5E2C #9B833E #BDA359 #CEBB85 #E0D4B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BDA359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#BDA359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA359

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA359	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A153

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9892

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 163, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.099 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3be8a',
    500: '#bda359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda359;
$custom-light: #d3be8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.4,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72274,
    "c": 0.09867,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA359

secondary

#A4AFCE

accent

#76D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA359

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

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