#BDA243#BDA243

#BDA243 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.118 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA243
RGB	rgb(189, 162, 67)
HSL	hsl(47, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 64.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.33, -1.05, 51.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.33, 51.60, 91.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% -0.0068 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.118 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.9214, 37.0666, 10.6243)
Luminance	0.3706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA243 #435EBD

analogous

#BD6543 #BDA243 #9BBD43

triadic

#BDA243 #43BDA2 #A243BD

tetradic

#BDA243 #43BD65 #435EBD #BD439B

square

#BDA243 #43BD65 #435EBD #BD439B

split-complementary

#BDA243 #439BBD #6543BD

monochromatic

#635523 #907B33 #BDA243 #CDB870 #DDCF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BDA243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#BDA243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA243

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA243	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 162, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.118 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bd7b',
    500: '#bda243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda243;
$custom-light: #d4bd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.721,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71804,
    "c": 0.11777,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA243

secondary

#939FC9

accent

#6ED850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA243

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

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