#BDA24D#BDA24D

#BDA24D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.109 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA24D
RGB	rgb(189, 162, 77)
HSL	hsl(46, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 59.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.42, -0.36, 47.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.42, 47.04, 90.44°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% -0.0035 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.109 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.2477, 37.1971, 12.3429)
Luminance	0.3720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA24D #4D68BD

analogous

#BD6A4D #BDA24D #A0BD4D

triadic

#BDA24D #4DBDA2 #A24DBD

tetradic

#BDA24D #4DBD6A #4D68BD #BD4DA0

square

#BDA24D #4DBD6A #4D68BD #BD4DA0

split-complementary

#BDA24D #4DA0BD #6A4DBD

monochromatic

#695927 #957F37 #BDA24D #CEB97A #DED1A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BDA24D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#BDA24D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA24D

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA24D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA24D	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda24d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 162, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.109 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bd82',
    500: '#bda24d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda24d;
$custom-light: #d4bd82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda24d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.536,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71913,
    "c": 0.10929,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA24D

secondary

#9AA6CB

accent

#72D652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA24D

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

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