#BDA049#BDA049

#BDA049 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.111 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA049
RGB	rgb(189, 160, 73)
HSL	hsl(45, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 61.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.86, 0.42, 48.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.86, 48.31, 89.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.45% -0.0017 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(71.45% 0.111 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.7613, 36.4433, 11.5053)
Luminance	0.3644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA049 #4966BD

analogous

#BD6649 #BDA049 #A0BD49

triadic

#BDA049 #49BDA0 #A049BD

tetradic

#BDA049 #49BD66 #4966BD #BD49A0

square

#BDA049 #49BD66 #4966BD #BD49A0

split-complementary

#BDA049 #49A0BD #6649BD

monochromatic

#665625 #937C35 #BDA049 #CDB776 #DECFA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#BDA049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#BDA049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA049

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA049	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)

#B09E40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A64D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 160, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.111 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bb7f',
    500: '#bda049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda049;
$custom-light: #d4bb7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71452,
    "c": 0.11144,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA049

secondary

#97A4CA

accent

#73D651

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA049

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

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