#BDA461#BDA461

#BDA461 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.091 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA461
RGB	rgb(189, 164, 97)
HSL	hsl(44, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(44, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 48.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, 0.27, 37.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 37.96, 89.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% 0.0006 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.091 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.4206, 38.2344, 16.7685)
Luminance	0.3823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA461 #617ABD

analogous

#BD7661 #BDA461 #A8BD61

triadic

#BDA461 #61BDA4 #A461BD

tetradic

#BDA461 #61BD76 #617ABD #BD61A8

square

#BDA461 #61BD76 #617ABD #BD61A8

split-complementary

#BDA461 #61A8BD #7661BD

monochromatic

#736130 #9F8542 #BDA461 #CFBD8C #E1D6B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BDA461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#BDA461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA461

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA461	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A25C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A963

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 164, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.091 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3be8f',
    500: '#bda461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda461;
$custom-light: #d3be8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.696,
    "s": 41.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72597,
    "c": 0.09125,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA461

secondary

#AAB4D0

accent

#78D157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA461

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

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