#BDA043#BDA043

#BDA043 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.116 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA043
RGB	rgb(189, 160, 67)
HSL	hsl(46, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 64.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.80, 0.02, 51.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.80, 51.02, 89.98°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% -0.0037 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.116 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.5719, 36.3676, 10.5078)
Luminance	0.3637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA043 #4360BD

analogous

#BD6343 #BDA043 #9DBD43

triadic

#BDA043 #43BDA0 #A043BD

tetradic

#BDA043 #43BD63 #4360BD #BD439D

square

#BDA043 #43BD63 #4360BD #BD439D

split-complementary

#BDA043 #439DBD #6343BD

monochromatic

#635423 #907A33 #BDA043 #CDB770 #DDCE9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#BDA043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#BDA043 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA043

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA043	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)

#B09E38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A647

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 160, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.116 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bb7b',
    500: '#bda043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda043;
$custom-light: #d4bb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.738,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71388,
    "c": 0.11643,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA043

secondary

#93A0C9

accent

#70D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA043

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

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