#BDA042#BDA042

#BDA042 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.117 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA042
RGB	rgb(189, 160, 66)
HSL	hsl(46, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.79, -0.04, 51.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.79, 51.46, 90.05°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% -0.004 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.117 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.5421, 36.3557, 10.3511)
Luminance	0.3635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA042 #425FBD

analogous

#BD6342 #BDA042 #9CBD42

triadic

#BDA042 #42BDA0 #A042BD

tetradic

#BDA042 #42BD63 #425FBD #BD429C

square

#BDA042 #42BD63 #425FBD #BD429C

split-complementary

#BDA042 #429CBD #6342BD

monochromatic

#625322 #907A32 #BDA042 #CDB76F #DDCE9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#BDA042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#BDA042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA042

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA042	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)

#B09E37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 160, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.117 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bb7b',
    500: '#bda042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda042;
$custom-light: #d4bb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.854,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71378,
    "c": 0.11723,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA042

secondary

#929FC9

accent

#70D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA042

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

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