#BDA353#BDA353

#BDA353 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.104 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA353
RGB	rgb(189, 163, 83)
HSL	hsl(45, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 56.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.75, -0.43, 44.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.75, 44.51, 90.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.003 0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.104 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.6462, 37.6395, 13.5695)
Luminance	0.3764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA353 #536DBD

analogous

#BD6E53 #BDA353 #A2BD53

triadic

#BDA353 #53BDA3 #A353BD

tetradic

#BDA353 #53BD6E #536DBD #BD53A2

square

#BDA353 #53BD6E #536DBD #BD53A2

split-complementary

#BDA353 #53A2BD #6E53BD

monochromatic

#6C5C29 #98813A #BDA353 #CEBB7F #DFD2AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BDA353 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#BDA353 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA353

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA353	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA353	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A14C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda353;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 163, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.104 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3be86',
    500: '#bda353',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda353;
$custom-light: #d3be86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda353",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.283,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72194,
    "c": 0.10447,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA353

secondary

#9FAACD

accent

#73D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA353

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

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