#BDA44A#BDA44A

#BDA44A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.113 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA44A
RGB	rgb(189, 164, 74)
HSL	hsl(47, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 60.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.92, -1.65, 49.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.92, 49.05, 91.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.0076 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.113 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.4993, 37.8659, 11.9162)
Luminance	0.3786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA44A #4A63BD

analogous

#BD6B4A #BDA44A #9CBD4A

triadic

#BDA44A #4ABDA4 #A44ABD

tetradic

#BDA44A #4ABD6B #4A63BD #BD4A9C

square

#BDA44A #4ABD6B #4A63BD #BD4A9C

split-complementary

#BDA44A #4A9CBD #6B4ABD

monochromatic

#675926 #947F36 #BDA44A #CDBB77 #DED1A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BDA44A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#BDA44A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA44A

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA44A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA44A	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)

#B4A141

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA94E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda44a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 164, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.113 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4be80',
    500: '#bda44a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda44a;
$custom-light: #d4be80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda44a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.957,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72296,
    "c": 0.11337,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA44A

secondary

#98A3CB

accent

#6ED652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA44A

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

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