#BDA149#BDA149

#BDA149 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.112 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA149
RGB	rgb(189, 161, 73)
HSL	hsl(46, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 61.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.12, -0.12, 48.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.12, 48.60, 90.14°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% -0.0033 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.112 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.9353, 36.7914, 11.5634)
Luminance	0.3679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA149 #4965BD

analogous

#BD6749 #BDA149 #9FBD49

triadic

#BDA149 #49BDA1 #A149BD

tetradic

#BDA149 #49BD67 #4965BD #BD499F

square

#BDA149 #49BD67 #4965BD #BD499F

split-complementary

#BDA149 #499FBD #6749BD

monochromatic

#665725 #937D35 #BDA149 #CDB876 #DECFA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#BDA149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#BDA149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA149

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA149	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19F40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A74D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB958E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 161, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.112 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bc7f',
    500: '#bda149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda149;
$custom-light: #d4bc7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.517,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71659,
    "c": 0.11211,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA149

secondary

#97A4CA

accent

#72D651

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA149

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

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