#BDA45C#BDA45C

#BDA45C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.096 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA45C
RGB	rgb(189, 164, 92)
HSL	hsl(45, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 51.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.13, -0.20, 40.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.13, 40.44, 90.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.0013 0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.096 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.1948, 38.1441, 15.5792)
Luminance	0.3814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA45C #5C75BD

analogous

#BD735C #BDA45C #A6BD5C

triadic

#BDA45C #5CBDA4 #A45CBD

tetradic

#BDA45C #5CBD73 #5C75BD #BD5CA6

square

#BDA45C #5CBD73 #5C75BD #BD5CA6

split-complementary

#BDA45C #5CA6BD #735CBD

monochromatic

#71602E #9C843F #BDA45C #CFBC88 #E0D5B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BDA45C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#BDA45C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA45C

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA45C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA45C	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A256

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A95F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda45c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 164, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.096 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3be8c',
    500: '#bda45c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda45c;
$custom-light: #d3be8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda45c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.536,
    "s": 42.358,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72524,
    "c": 0.09639,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA45C

secondary

#A6B1CF

accent

#76D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA45C

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

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