#BDA249#BDA249

#BDA249 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.113 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA249
RGB	rgb(189, 162, 73)
HSL	hsl(46, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 61.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.38, -0.65, 48.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.38, 48.90, 90.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.87% -0.0049 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(71.87% 0.113 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.1108, 37.1423, 11.6218)
Luminance	0.3714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA249 #4964BD

analogous

#BD6849 #BDA249 #9EBD49

triadic

#BDA249 #49BDA2 #A249BD

tetradic

#BDA249 #49BD68 #4964BD #BD499E

square

#BDA249 #49BD68 #4964BD #BD499E

split-complementary

#BDA249 #499EBD #6849BD

monochromatic

#665725 #937E35 #BDA249 #CDB976 #DED0A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BDA249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#BDA249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA249

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA249	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A74D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 162, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.113 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bd7f',
    500: '#bda249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda249;
$custom-light: #d4bd7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.034,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71867,
    "c": 0.11279,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA249

secondary

#97A3CA

accent

#70D651

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA249

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

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