#BDA047#BDA047

#BDA047 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.113 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA047
RGB	rgb(189, 160, 71)
HSL	hsl(45, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 62.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.84, 0.28, 49.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.84, 49.22, 89.67°)
OKLab	oklab(71.43% -0.0024 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(71.43% 0.113 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.6960, 36.4172, 11.1617)
Luminance	0.3641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA047 #4764BD

analogous

#BD6547 #BDA047 #9FBD47

triadic

#BDA047 #47BDA0 #A047BD

tetradic

#BDA047 #47BD65 #4764BD #BD479F

square

#BDA047 #47BD65 #4764BD #BD479F

split-complementary

#BDA047 #479FBD #6547BD

monochromatic

#655524 #927B34 #BDA047 #CDB774 #DDCFA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#BDA047 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#BDA047 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA047

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA047	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA047	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)

#B09E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A64B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda047;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 160, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.113 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bb7e',
    500: '#bda047',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda047;
$custom-light: #d4bb7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda047",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.254,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7143,
    "c": 0.11315,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA047

secondary

#96A3CA

accent

#72D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA047

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

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