#BDA45E#BDA45E

#BDA45E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.094 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA45E
RGB	rgb(189, 164, 94)
HSL	hsl(44, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(44, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 50.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.15, -0.02, 39.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.15, 39.45, 90.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.0005 0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.094 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.2834, 38.1795, 16.0457)
Luminance	0.3818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA45E #5E77BD

analogous

#BD755E #BDA45E #A6BD5E

triadic

#BDA45E #5EBDA4 #A45EBD

tetradic

#BDA45E #5EBD75 #5E77BD #BD5EA6

square

#BDA45E #5EBD75 #5E77BD #BD5EA6

split-complementary

#BDA45E #5EA6BD #755EBD

monochromatic

#72602F #9D8540 #BDA45E #CFBD89 #E1D5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BDA45E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#BDA45E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA45E

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA45E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA45E	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A258

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A961

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda45e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 164, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.094 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3be8d',
    500: '#bda45e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda45e;
$custom-light: #d3be8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda45e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.211,
    "s": 41.85,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72553,
    "c": 0.09436,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA45E

secondary

#A8B2CF

accent

#77D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA45E

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

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