#BDA046#BDA046

#BDA046 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.114 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA046
RGB	rgb(189, 160, 70)
HSL	hsl(45, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 63%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.83, 0.22, 49.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.83, 49.68, 89.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.42% -0.0027 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(71.42% 0.114 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.6642, 36.4045, 10.9941)
Luminance	0.3640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA046 #4663BD

analogous

#BD6446 #BDA046 #9EBD46

triadic

#BDA046 #46BDA0 #A046BD

tetradic

#BDA046 #46BD64 #4663BD #BD469E

square

#BDA046 #46BD64 #4663BD #BD469E

split-complementary

#BDA046 #469EBD #6446BD

monochromatic

#655524 #927B34 #BDA046 #CDB773 #DDCEA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#BDA046 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#BDA046 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA046

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA046	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA046	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)

#B09E3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A64A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda046;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 160, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.114 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bb7d',
    500: '#bda046',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda046;
$custom-light: #d4bb7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda046",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.378,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71419,
    "c": 0.11397,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA046

secondary

#95A2CA

accent

#71D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA046

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

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