#BDA14B#BDA14B

#BDA14B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.110 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA14B
RGB	rgb(189, 161, 75)
HSL	hsl(45, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 60.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.14, 0.03, 47.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.14, 47.67, 89.97°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% -0.0026 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.11 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.0027, 36.8184, 11.9182)
Luminance	0.3682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA14B #4B67BD

analogous

#BD684B #BDA14B #A0BD4B

triadic

#BDA14B #4BBDA1 #A14BBD

tetradic

#BDA14B #4BBD68 #4B67BD #BD4BA0

square

#BDA14B #4BBD68 #4B67BD #BD4BA0

split-complementary

#BDA14B #4BA0BD #684BBD

monochromatic

#685726 #947D36 #BDA14B #CDB878 #DED0A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#BDA14B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#BDA14B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA14B

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA14B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA14B	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)

#B19F42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A74F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB958E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda14b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 161, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.110 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bc80',
    500: '#bda14b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda14b;
$custom-light: #d4bc80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda14b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.263,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71682,
    "c": 0.11037,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA14B

secondary

#99A5CB

accent

#72D652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA14B

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

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