#BDA44C#BDA44C

#BDA44C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.112 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA44C
RGB	rgb(189, 164, 76)
HSL	hsl(47, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 59.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.94, -1.51, 48.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.94, 48.13, 91.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% -0.007 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.112 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5678, 37.8933, 12.2767)
Luminance	0.3789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA44C #4C65BD

analogous

#BD6C4C #BDA44C #9DBD4C

triadic

#BDA44C #4CBDA4 #A44CBD

tetradic

#BDA44C #4CBD6C #4C65BD #BD4C9D

square

#BDA44C #4CBD6C #4C65BD #BD4C9D

split-complementary

#BDA44C #4C9DBD #6C4CBD

monochromatic

#685A26 #958037 #BDA44C #CDBB79 #DED1A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BDA44C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#BDA44C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA44C

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA44C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA44C	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)

#B3A143

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA950

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda44c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 164, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.112 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4be81',
    500: '#bda44c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda44c;
$custom-light: #d4be81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda44c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.726,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72318,
    "c": 0.11161,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA44C

secondary

#9AA5CB

accent

#6FD652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA44C

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

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