#BDA245#BDA245

#BDA245 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.116 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA245
RGB	rgb(189, 162, 69)
HSL	hsl(47, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 63.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.35, -0.92, 50.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.35, 50.71, 91.04°)
OKLab	oklab(71.83% -0.0061 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(71.83% 0.116 93)
XYZ	xyz(34.9824, 37.0910, 10.9457)
Luminance	0.3709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA245 #4560BD

analogous

#BD6645 #BDA245 #9CBD45

triadic

#BDA245 #45BDA2 #A245BD

tetradic

#BDA245 #45BD66 #4560BD #BD459C

square

#BDA245 #45BD66 #4560BD #BD459C

split-complementary

#BDA245 #459CBD #6645BD

monochromatic

#645624 #917C34 #BDA245 #CDB972 #DDCF9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BDA245 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#BDA245 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA245

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA245	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA245	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda245;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 162, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.116 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bd7d',
    500: '#bda245',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda245;
$custom-light: #d4bd7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda245",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71825,
    "c": 0.11615,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.37089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA245

secondary

#94A0CA

accent

#6FD751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA245

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

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