#BDA45A#BDA45A

#BDA45A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.098 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA45A
RGB	rgb(189, 164, 90)
HSL	hsl(45, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 52.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.10, -0.38, 41.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.10, 41.42, 90.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.002 0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.098 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.1085, 38.1096, 15.1248)
Luminance	0.3811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA45A #5A73BD

analogous

#BD725A #BDA45A #A5BD5A

triadic

#BDA45A #5ABDA4 #A45ABD

tetradic

#BDA45A #5ABD72 #5A73BD #BD5AA5

square

#BDA45A #5ABD72 #5A73BD #BD5AA5

split-complementary

#BDA45A #5AA5BD #725ABD

monochromatic

#705F2D #9C843E #BDA45A #CEBC86 #E0D4B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BDA45A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#BDA45A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA45A

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA45A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA45A	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A254

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A95D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9993

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda45a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 164, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.098 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3be8a',
    500: '#bda45a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda45a;
$custom-light: #d3be8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda45a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.848,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72495,
    "c": 0.0984,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA45A

secondary

#A5AFCE

accent

#75D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA45A

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

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