#BDA561#BDA561

#BDA561 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.092 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA561
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 97)
HSL	hsl(44, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(44, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 48.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, -0.27, 38.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 38.28, 90.41°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.0009 0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.092 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.6003, 38.5938, 16.8284)
Luminance	0.3859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA561 #6179BD

analogous

#BD7761 #BDA561 #A7BD61

triadic

#BDA561 #61BDA5 #A561BD

tetradic

#BDA561 #61BD77 #6179BD #BD61A7

square

#BDA561 #61BD77 #6179BD #BD61A7

split-complementary

#BDA561 #61A7BD #7761BD

monochromatic

#736230 #9F8642 #BDA561 #CFBE8C #E1D6B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BDA561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#BDA561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA561

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA561	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A35B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AA63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9B95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.092 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bf8f',
    500: '#bda561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda561;
$custom-light: #d3bf8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.348,
    "s": 41.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72805,
    "c": 0.09198,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA561

secondary

#AAB4D0

accent

#77D157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA561

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

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