#BDA14A#BDA14A

#BDA14A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.111 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA14A
RGB	rgb(189, 161, 74)
HSL	hsl(45, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 60.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.13, -0.04, 48.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.13, 48.14, 90.05°)
OKLab	oklab(71.67% -0.003 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(71.67% 0.111 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.9688, 36.8048, 11.7394)
Luminance	0.3680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA14A #4A66BD

analogous

#BD684A #BDA14A #A0BD4A

triadic

#BDA14A #4ABDA1 #A14ABD

tetradic

#BDA14A #4ABD68 #4A66BD #BD4AA0

square

#BDA14A #4ABD68 #4A66BD #BD4AA0

split-complementary

#BDA14A #4AA0BD #684ABD

monochromatic

#675726 #947D36 #BDA14A #CDB877 #DED0A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#BDA14A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#BDA14A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA14A

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA14A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA14A	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)

#B19F41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A74E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB958E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda14a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 161, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.111 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bc80',
    500: '#bda14a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda14a;
$custom-light: #d4bc80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda14a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.391,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71671,
    "c": 0.11125,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA14A

secondary

#98A4CB

accent

#72D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA14A

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

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