#BDA45D#BDA45D

#BDA45D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.095 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA45D
RGB	rgb(189, 164, 93)
HSL	hsl(44, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(44, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 50.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.14, -0.11, 39.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.14, 39.95, 90.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% -0.0009 0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.095 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.2388, 38.1617, 15.8109)
Luminance	0.3816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA45D #5D76BD

analogous

#BD745D #BDA45D #A6BD5D

triadic

#BDA45D #5DBDA4 #A45DBD

tetradic

#BDA45D #5DBD74 #5D76BD #BD5DA6

square

#BDA45D #5DBD74 #5D76BD #BD5DA6

split-complementary

#BDA45D #5DA6BD #745DBD

monochromatic

#71602E #9D8540 #BDA45D #CFBC88 #E0D5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BDA45D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#BDA45D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA45D

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA45D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA45D	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)

#B2A257

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda45d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 164, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.095 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3be8c',
    500: '#bda45d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda45d;
$custom-light: #d3be8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda45d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.375,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72538,
    "c": 0.09537,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA45D

secondary

#A7B1CF

accent

#76D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA45D

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

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