#BDA250#BDA250

#BDA250 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.107 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA250
RGB	rgb(189, 162, 80)
HSL	hsl(45, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 57.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.46, -0.13, 45.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.46, 45.63, 90.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% -0.0025 0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.107 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.3561, 37.2404, 12.9137)
Luminance	0.3724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA250 #506BBD

analogous

#BD6C50 #BDA250 #A1BD50

triadic

#BDA250 #50BDA2 #A250BD

tetradic

#BDA250 #50BD6C #506BBD #BD50A1

square

#BDA250 #50BD6C #506BBD #BD50A1

split-complementary

#BDA250 #50A1BD #6C50BD

monochromatic

#6A5A28 #978039 #BDA250 #CEBA7C #DFD1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BDA250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#BDA250 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA250

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA250	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 162, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.107 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bd84',
    500: '#bda250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda250;
$custom-light: #d3bd84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.138,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71949,
    "c": 0.10657,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA250

secondary

#9DA8CC

accent

#73D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA250

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

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