#BDA048#BDA048

#BDA048 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.112 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA048
RGB	rgb(189, 160, 72)
HSL	hsl(45, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 61.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.85, 0.35, 48.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.85, 48.77, 89.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% -0.0021 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.112 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.7284, 36.4302, 11.3321)
Luminance	0.3643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA048 #4865BD

analogous

#BD6548 #BDA048 #9FBD48

triadic

#BDA048 #48BDA0 #A048BD

tetradic

#BDA048 #48BD65 #4865BD #BD489F

square

#BDA048 #48BD65 #4865BD #BD489F

split-complementary

#BDA048 #489FBD #6548BD

monochromatic

#665625 #937C35 #BDA048 #CDB775 #DDCFA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#BDA048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#BDA048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA048

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA048	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09E3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A64C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 160, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.112 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bb7e',
    500: '#bda048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda048;
$custom-light: #d4bb7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.128,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71441,
    "c": 0.1123,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA048

secondary

#97A3CA

accent

#72D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA048

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

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