#BDA44E#BDA44E

#BDA44E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.110 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA44E
RGB	rgb(189, 164, 78)
HSL	hsl(46, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 58.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.96, -1.36, 47.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.96, 47.20, 91.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% -0.0063 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.11 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.6384, 37.9215, 12.6487)
Luminance	0.3792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA44E #4E67BD

analogous

#BD6C4E #BDA44E #9FBD4E

triadic

#BDA44E #4EBDA4 #A44EBD

tetradic

#BDA44E #4EBD6C #4E67BD #BD4E9F

square

#BDA44E #4EBD6C #4E67BD #BD4E9F

split-complementary

#BDA44E #4E9FBD #6C4EBD

monochromatic

#695A27 #968138 #BDA44E #CEBB7B #DED2A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BDA44E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#BDA44E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA44E

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA44E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA44E	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)

#B3A145

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA952

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda44e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 164, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.110 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4be82',
    500: '#bda44e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda44e;
$custom-light: #d4be82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda44e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.486,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72341,
    "c": 0.10982,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA44E

secondary

#9BA6CC

accent

#70D552

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA44E

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

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