#BDA449#BDA449

#BDA449 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.114 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA449
RGB	rgb(189, 164, 73)
HSL	hsl(47, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 61.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.91, -1.72, 49.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.91, 49.51, 91.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% -0.0079 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.114 94)
XYZ	xyz(35.4659, 37.8525, 11.7402)
Luminance	0.3785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA449 #4962BD

analogous

#BD6A49 #BDA449 #9CBD49

triadic

#BDA449 #49BDA4 #A449BD

tetradic

#BDA449 #49BD6A #4962BD #BD499C

square

#BDA449 #49BD6A #4962BD #BD499C

split-complementary

#BDA449 #499CBD #6A49BD

monochromatic

#665825 #937F35 #BDA449 #CDBA76 #DED1A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BDA449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#BDA449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA449

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA449	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)

#B4A13F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA94D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 164, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.114 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4be7f',
    500: '#bda449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda449;
$custom-light: #d4be7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.069,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72285,
    "c": 0.11423,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.37851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA449

secondary

#97A2CA

accent

#6ED651

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA449

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

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