#BDA142#BDA142

#BDA142 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.118 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA142
RGB	rgb(189, 161, 66)
HSL	hsl(46, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.05, -0.58, 51.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.05, 51.75, 90.64°)
OKLab	oklab(71.59% -0.0055 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(71.59% 0.118 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.7162, 36.7038, 10.4092)
Luminance	0.3670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA142 #425EBD

analogous

#BD6342 #BDA142 #9CBD42

triadic

#BDA142 #42BDA1 #A142BD

tetradic

#BDA142 #42BD63 #425EBD #BD429C

square

#BDA142 #42BD63 #425EBD #BD429C

split-complementary

#BDA142 #429CBD #6342BD

monochromatic

#625422 #907A32 #BDA142 #CDB86F #DDCE9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#BDA142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#BDA142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA142

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA142	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)

#B19E37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 161, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.118 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bc7b',
    500: '#bda142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda142;
$custom-light: #d4bc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.341,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71586,
    "c": 0.11789,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA142

secondary

#929EC9

accent

#6FD850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA142

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

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