#BDA041#BDA041

#BDA041 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.118 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA041
RGB	rgb(189, 160, 65)
HSL	hsl(46, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 65.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.78, -0.11, 51.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.78, 51.90, 90.12°)
OKLab	oklab(71.37% -0.0043 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(71.37% 0.118 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.5129, 36.3440, 10.1972)
Luminance	0.3634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA041 #415EBD

analogous

#BD6241 #BDA041 #9CBD41

triadic

#BDA041 #41BDA0 #A041BD

tetradic

#BDA041 #41BD62 #415EBD #BD419C

square

#BDA041 #41BD62 #415EBD #BD419C

split-complementary

#BDA041 #419CBD #6241BD

monochromatic

#625322 #8F7931 #BDA041 #CDB76E #DDCE9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#BDA041 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#BDA041 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA041

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA041	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA041	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09E36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda041;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 160, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.118 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bb7a',
    500: '#bda041',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda041;
$custom-light: #d4bb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda041",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.968,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71368,
    "c": 0.11802,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA041

secondary

#919EC9

accent

#6FD84F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA041

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

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