#BDA351#BDA351

#BDA351 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.106 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA351
RGB	rgb(189, 163, 81)
HSL	hsl(46, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 57.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.73, -0.59, 45.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.73, 45.46, 90.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% -0.0037 0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.106 92)
XYZ	xyz(35.5701, 37.6090, 13.1687)
Luminance	0.3761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA351 #516BBD

analogous

#BD6D51 #BDA351 #A1BD51

triadic

#BDA351 #51BDA3 #A351BD

tetradic

#BDA351 #51BD6D #516BBD #BD51A1

square

#BDA351 #51BD6D #516BBD #BD51A1

split-complementary

#BDA351 #51A1BD #6D51BD

monochromatic

#6B5B29 #978139 #BDA351 #CEBA7D #DFD2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BDA351 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#BDA351 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA351

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA351	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA351	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	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)

#B2A149

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda351;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 163, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.106 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3be84',
    500: '#bda351',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda351;
$custom-light: #d3be84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda351",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.556,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72169,
    "c": 0.10634,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.37607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA351

secondary

#9EA9CC

accent

#72D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA351

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

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