#BDA355#BDA355

#BDA355 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.103 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA355
RGB	rgb(189, 163, 85)
HSL	hsl(45, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 55%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.78, -0.27, 43.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.78, 43.54, 90.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% -0.0023 0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.103 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.7246, 37.6708, 13.9820)
Luminance	0.3767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA355 #556FBD

analogous

#BD6F55 #BDA355 #A3BD55

triadic

#BDA355 #55BDA3 #A355BD

tetradic

#BDA355 #55BD6F #556FBD #BD55A3

square

#BDA355 #55BD6F #556FBD #BD55A3

split-complementary

#BDA355 #55A3BD #6F55BD

monochromatic

#6D5D2A #99823C #BDA355 #CEBB81 #DFD3AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BDA355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#BDA355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA355

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA355	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)

#B2A14E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 163, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.103 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3be87',
    500: '#bda355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda355;
$custom-light: #d3be87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7222,
    "c": 0.10258,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA355

secondary

#A1ACCD

accent

#74D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA355

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

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