#BDA44B#BDA44B

#BDA44B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.113 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA44B
RGB	rgb(189, 164, 75)
HSL	hsl(47, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 60.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.93, -1.58, 48.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.93, 48.59, 91.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% -0.0073 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.113 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.5333, 37.8795, 12.0951)
Luminance	0.3788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA44B #4B64BD

analogous

#BD6B4B #BDA44B #9DBD4B

triadic

#BDA44B #4BBDA4 #A44BBD

tetradic

#BDA44B #4BBD6B #4B64BD #BD4B9D

square

#BDA44B #4BBD6B #4B64BD #BD4B9D

split-complementary

#BDA44B #4B9DBD #6B4BBD

monochromatic

#685926 #948036 #BDA44B #CDBB78 #DED1A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BDA44B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#BDA44B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA44B

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA44B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA44B	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA94F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda44b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 164, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.113 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4be80',
    500: '#bda44b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda44b;
$custom-light: #d4be80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda44b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.842,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72307,
    "c": 0.1125,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA44B

secondary

#99A4CB

accent

#6FD652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA44B

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

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