#BDA34F#BDA34F

#BDA34F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.108 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA34F
RGB	rgb(189, 163, 79)
HSL	hsl(46, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 58.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.71, -0.75, 46.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.71, 46.41, 90.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% -0.0044 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.108 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.4962, 37.5795, 12.7795)
Luminance	0.3758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA34F #4F69BD

analogous

#BD6C4F #BDA34F #A0BD4F

triadic

#BDA34F #4FBDA3 #A34FBD

tetradic

#BDA34F #4FBD6C #4F69BD #BD4FA0

square

#BDA34F #4FBD6C #4F69BD #BD4FA0

split-complementary

#BDA34F #4FA0BD #6C4FBD

monochromatic

#6A5A28 #968038 #BDA34F #CEBA7C #DED2A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BDA34F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#BDA34F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA34F

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA34F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA34F	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A147

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda34f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 163, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.108 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3be83',
    500: '#bda34f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda34f;
$custom-light: #d3be83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda34f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.818,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72145,
    "c": 0.10819,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA34F

secondary

#9CA7CC

accent

#72D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA34F

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

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