#BDA35B#BDA35B

#BDA35B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.097 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA35B
RGB	rgb(189, 163, 91)
HSL	hsl(44, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(44, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 51.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, 0.25, 40.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 40.61, 89.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.0001 0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.097 90)
XYZ	xyz(35.9731, 37.7702, 15.2911)
Luminance	0.3777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA35B #5B75BD

analogous

#BD725B #BDA35B #A6BD5B

triadic

#BDA35B #5BBDA3 #A35BBD

tetradic

#BDA35B #5BBD72 #5B75BD #BD5BA6

square

#BDA35B #5BBD72 #5B75BD #BD5BA6

split-complementary

#BDA35B #5BA6BD #725BBD

monochromatic

#705F2D #9C833F #BDA35B #CFBB87 #E0D4B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BDA35B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#BDA35B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA35B

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA35B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA35B	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)

#B1A155

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A85E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda35b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 163, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.097 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3be8b',
    500: '#bda35b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda35b;
$custom-light: #d3be8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda35b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.082,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72302,
    "c": 0.09668,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.37769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA35B

secondary

#A5B0CF

accent

#77D255

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA35B

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

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