#BDA448#BDA448

#BDA448 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.115 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA448
RGB	rgb(189, 164, 72)
HSL	hsl(47, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 61.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.90, -1.79, 49.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.90, 49.97, 92.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% -0.0083 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.115 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.4330, 37.8394, 11.5670)
Luminance	0.3784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA448 #4861BD

analogous

#BD6948 #BDA448 #9CBD48

triadic

#BDA448 #48BDA4 #A448BD

tetradic

#BDA448 #48BD69 #4861BD #BD489C

square

#BDA448 #48BD69 #4861BD #BD489C

split-complementary

#BDA448 #489CBD #6948BD

monochromatic

#665825 #937F35 #BDA448 #CDBA75 #DDD1A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BDA448 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#BDA448 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA448

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA448	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA448	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A13E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA94C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda448;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 164, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.115 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4be7f',
    500: '#bda448',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda448;
$custom-light: #d4be7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda448",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.179,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72274,
    "c": 0.11508,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA448

secondary

#97A2CA

accent

#6ED751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA448

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

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