#BDA44D#BDA44D

#BDA44D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.111 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA44D
RGB	rgb(189, 164, 77)
HSL	hsl(47, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 59.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.95, -1.44, 47.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.95, 47.66, 91.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% -0.0066 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.111 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.6028, 37.9073, 12.4613)
Luminance	0.3791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA44D #4D66BD

analogous

#BD6C4D #BDA44D #9EBD4D

triadic

#BDA44D #4DBDA4 #A44DBD

tetradic

#BDA44D #4DBD6C #4D66BD #BD4D9E

square

#BDA44D #4DBD6C #4D66BD #BD4D9E

split-complementary

#BDA44D #4D9EBD #6C4DBD

monochromatic

#695A27 #958037 #BDA44D #CEBB7A #DED2A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BDA44D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#BDA44D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA44D

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA44D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA44D	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)

#B3A144

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA951

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda44d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 164, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.111 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4be82',
    500: '#bda44d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda44d;
$custom-light: #d4be82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda44d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.607,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7233,
    "c": 0.11072,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA44D

secondary

#9AA5CB

accent

#70D652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA44D

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

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