#BDA14D#BDA14D

#BDA14D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.109 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA14D
RGB	rgb(189, 161, 77)
HSL	hsl(45, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 59.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.16, 0.17, 46.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.16, 46.74, 89.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% -0.002 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.109 91)
XYZ	xyz(35.0722, 36.8462, 12.2844)
Luminance	0.3684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA14D #4D69BD

analogous

#BD694D #BDA14D #A1BD4D

triadic

#BDA14D #4DBDA1 #A14DBD

tetradic

#BDA14D #4DBD69 #4D69BD #BD4DA1

square

#BDA14D #4DBD69 #4D69BD #BD4DA1

split-complementary

#BDA14D #4DA1BD #694DBD

monochromatic

#695827 #957E37 #BDA14D #CEB97A #DED0A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#BDA14D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#BDA14D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA14D

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA14D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA14D	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19F45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A750

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda14d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 161, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.109 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bc82',
    500: '#bda14d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda14d;
$custom-light: #d4bc82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda14d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71705,
    "c": 0.1086,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.36844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA14D

secondary

#9AA7CB

accent

#73D652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA14D

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

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