#BDA342#BDA342

#BDA342 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.119 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA342
RGB	rgb(189, 163, 66)
HSL	hsl(47, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.58, -1.65, 52.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.58, 52.34, 91.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72% -0.0086 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.119 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.0685, 37.4084, 10.5266)
Luminance	0.3741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA342 #425CBD

analogous

#BD6642 #BDA342 #99BD42

triadic

#BDA342 #42BDA3 #A342BD

tetradic

#BDA342 #42BD66 #425CBD #BD4299

square

#BDA342 #42BD66 #425CBD #BD4299

split-complementary

#BDA342 #4299BD #6642BD

monochromatic

#625522 #907C32 #BDA342 #CDB96F #DDCF9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BDA342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#BDA342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA342

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA342	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA847

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 163, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.119 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bd7b',
    500: '#bda342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda342;
$custom-light: #d4bd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.317,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72003,
    "c": 0.11928,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA342

secondary

#929DC9

accent

#6DD850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA342

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

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