#BDA044#BDA044

#BDA044 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.116 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA044
RGB	rgb(189, 160, 68)
HSL	hsl(46, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 64%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.81, 0.08, 50.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.81, 50.58, 89.91°)
OKLab	oklab(71.4% -0.0034 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(71.4% 0.116 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.6021, 36.3797, 10.6671)
Luminance	0.3638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA044 #4461BD

analogous

#BD6344 #BDA044 #9DBD44

triadic

#BDA044 #44BDA0 #A044BD

tetradic

#BDA044 #44BD63 #4461BD #BD449D

square

#BDA044 #44BD63 #4461BD #BD449D

split-complementary

#BDA044 #449DBD #6344BD

monochromatic

#635423 #917A33 #BDA044 #CDB771 #DDCE9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#BDA044 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#BDA044 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA044

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA044	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA044	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09E3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A648

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda044;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 160, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.116 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bb7c',
    500: '#bda044',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda044;
$custom-light: #d4bb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda044",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.62,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71398,
    "c": 0.11562,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA044

secondary

#93A0C9

accent

#71D750

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA044

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

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