#BDA349#BDA349

#BDA349 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.114 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA349
RGB	rgb(189, 163, 73)
HSL	hsl(47, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 61.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.65, -1.19, 49.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.65, 49.20, 91.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% -0.0064 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.114 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.2876, 37.4960, 11.6808)
Luminance	0.3749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA349 #4963BD

analogous

#BD6949 #BDA349 #9DBD49

triadic

#BDA349 #49BDA3 #A349BD

tetradic

#BDA349 #49BD69 #4963BD #BD499D

square

#BDA349 #49BD69 #4963BD #BD499D

split-complementary

#BDA349 #499DBD #6949BD

monochromatic

#665825 #937E35 #BDA349 #CDBA76 #DED0A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BDA349 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#BDA349 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA349

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA349	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA349	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A040

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A84D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda349;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 163, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.114 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4be7f',
    500: '#bda349',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda349;
$custom-light: #d4be7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda349",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.552,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72076,
    "c": 0.1135,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA349

secondary

#97A3CA

accent

#6FD651

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA349

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

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