#BDA251#BDA251

#BDA251 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.106 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA251
RGB	rgb(189, 162, 81)
HSL	hsl(45, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 57.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.47, -0.06, 45.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.47, 45.15, 90.07°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% -0.0021 0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.106 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.3933, 37.2553, 13.1097)
Luminance	0.3725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA251 #516CBD

analogous

#BD6C51 #BDA251 #A2BD51

triadic

#BDA251 #51BDA2 #A251BD

tetradic

#BDA251 #51BD6C #516CBD #BD51A2

square

#BDA251 #51BD6C #516CBD #BD51A2

split-complementary

#BDA251 #51A2BD #6C51BD

monochromatic

#6B5A29 #978039 #BDA251 #CEBA7D #DFD1AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BDA251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#BDA251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA251

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA251	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	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)

#B1A049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 162, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.106 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bd84',
    500: '#bda251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda251;
$custom-light: #d3bd84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71961,
    "c": 0.10564,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA251

secondary

#9EA9CC

accent

#74D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA251

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

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