#BDA34C#BDA34C

#BDA34C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.111 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA34C
RGB	rgb(189, 163, 76)
HSL	hsl(46, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 59.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.68, -0.97, 47.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.68, 47.82, 91.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% -0.0054 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.111 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.3895, 37.5368, 12.2173)
Luminance	0.3754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA34C #4C66BD

analogous

#BD6B4C #BDA34C #9EBD4C

triadic

#BDA34C #4CBDA3 #A34CBD

tetradic

#BDA34C #4CBD6B #4C66BD #BD4C9E

square

#BDA34C #4CBD6B #4C66BD #BD4C9E

split-complementary

#BDA34C #4C9EBD #6B4CBD

monochromatic

#685926 #957F37 #BDA34C #CDBA79 #DED1A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BDA34C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#BDA34C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA34C

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA34C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA34C	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A043

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A850

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda34c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 163, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.111 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4be81',
    500: '#bda34c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda34c;
$custom-light: #d4be81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda34c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.195,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72109,
    "c": 0.11088,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA34C

secondary

#9AA5CB

accent

#70D652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA34C

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

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