#BDA55E#BDA55E

#BDA55E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.095 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA55E
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 94)
HSL	hsl(45, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 50.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, -0.55, 39.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 39.78, 90.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% -0.0021 0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.095 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.4631, 38.5389, 16.1056)
Luminance	0.3854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA55E #5E76BD

analogous

#BD755E #BDA55E #A5BD5E

triadic

#BDA55E #5EBDA5 #A55EBD

tetradic

#BDA55E #5EBD75 #5E76BD #BD5EA5

square

#BDA55E #5EBD75 #5E76BD #BD5EA5

split-complementary

#BDA55E #5EA5BD #755EBD

monochromatic

#72612F #9D8640 #BDA55E #CFBD89 #E1D6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BDA55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#BDA55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA55E

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA55E	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A358

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AA61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.095 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bf8d',
    500: '#bda55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda55e;
$custom-light: #d3bf8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.842,
    "s": 41.85,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7276,
    "c": 0.09509,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA55E

secondary

#A8B2CF

accent

#75D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA55E

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

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