#BDA45B#BDA45B

#BDA45B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.097 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA45B
RGB	rgb(189, 164, 91)
HSL	hsl(45, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 51.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.11, -0.29, 40.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.11, 40.93, 90.41°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% -0.0016 0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.097 91)
XYZ	xyz(36.1514, 38.1267, 15.3505)
Luminance	0.3812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA45B #5B74BD

analogous

#BD735B #BDA45B #A5BD5B

triadic

#BDA45B #5BBDA4 #A45BBD

tetradic

#BDA45B #5BBD73 #5B74BD #BD5BA5

square

#BDA45B #5BBD73 #5B74BD #BD5BA5

split-complementary

#BDA45B #5BA5BD #735BBD

monochromatic

#705F2D #9C843F #BDA45B #CFBC87 #E0D4B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BDA45B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#BDA45B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA45B

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA45B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA45B	1.00	2.43	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.43	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)

#B2A255

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A95E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda45b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 164, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.097 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3be8b',
    500: '#bda45b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda45b;
$custom-light: #d3be8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda45b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.694,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72509,
    "c": 0.0974,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.38125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA45B

secondary

#A5B0CF

accent

#75D255

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA45B

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

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