#BDA34D#BDA34D

#BDA34D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.110 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA34D
RGB	rgb(189, 163, 77)
HSL	hsl(46, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 59.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.69, -0.90, 47.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.69, 47.35, 91.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% -0.0051 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.11 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.4245, 37.5508, 12.4018)
Luminance	0.3755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA34D #4D67BD

analogous

#BD6B4D #BDA34D #9FBD4D

triadic

#BDA34D #4DBDA3 #A34DBD

tetradic

#BDA34D #4DBD6B #4D67BD #BD4D9F

square

#BDA34D #4DBD6B #4D67BD #BD4D9F

split-complementary

#BDA34D #4D9FBD #6B4DBD

monochromatic

#695927 #958037 #BDA34D #CEBA7A #DED1A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BDA34D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#BDA34D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA34D

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA34D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA34D	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)

#B2A044

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda34d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 163, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.110 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4be82',
    500: '#bda34d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda34d;
$custom-light: #d4be82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda34d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.071,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72121,
    "c": 0.11,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA34D

secondary

#9AA6CB

accent

#71D652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA34D

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →