#BDA45F#BDA45F

#BDA45F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.093 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA45F
RGB	rgb(189, 164, 95)
HSL	hsl(44, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(44, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 49.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.17, 0.08, 38.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.17, 38.95, 89.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.0001 0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.093 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.3286, 38.1976, 16.2836)
Luminance	0.3820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA45F #5F78BD

analogous

#BD755F #BDA45F #A7BD5F

triadic

#BDA45F #5FBDA4 #A45FBD

tetradic

#BDA45F #5FBD75 #5F78BD #BD5FA7

square

#BDA45F #5FBD75 #5F78BD #BD5FA7

split-complementary

#BDA45F #5FA7BD #755FBD

monochromatic

#72612F #9E8541 #BDA45F #CFBD8A #E1D5B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BDA45F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#BDA45F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA45F

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA45F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA45F	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)

#B2A259

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A961

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda45f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 164, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.093 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3be8e',
    500: '#bda45f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda45f;
$custom-light: #d3be8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda45f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.043,
    "s": 41.593,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72567,
    "c": 0.09333,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA45F

secondary

#A8B3CF

accent

#77D156

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA45F

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

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