#BDA140#BDA140

#BDA140 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.119 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA140
RGB	rgb(189, 161, 64)
HSL	hsl(47, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 66.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.04, -0.70, 52.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.04, 52.62, 90.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% -0.0061 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.119 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.6582, 36.6806, 10.1040)
Luminance	0.3668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA140 #405CBD

analogous

#BD6340 #BDA140 #9BBD40

triadic

#BDA140 #40BDA1 #A140BD

tetradic

#BDA140 #40BD63 #405CBD #BD409B

square

#BDA140 #40BD63 #405CBD #BD409B

split-complementary

#BDA140 #409BBD #6340BD

monochromatic

#625321 #8F7A31 #BDA140 #CDB86D #DDCE9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#BDA140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#BDA140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA140

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA140	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 161, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.119 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bc79',
    500: '#bda140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda140;
$custom-light: #d4bc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.56,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71567,
    "c": 0.11946,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA140

secondary

#909DC9

accent

#6ED94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA140

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

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