#BDA44F#BDA44F

#BDA44F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.109 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA44F
RGB	rgb(189, 164, 79)
HSL	hsl(46, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 58.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, -1.28, 46.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 46.73, 91.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% -0.006 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.109 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.6745, 37.9360, 12.8389)
Luminance	0.3793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA44F #4F68BD

analogous

#BD6D4F #BDA44F #9FBD4F

triadic

#BDA44F #4FBDA4 #A44FBD

tetradic

#BDA44F #4FBD6D #4F68BD #BD4F9F

square

#BDA44F #4FBD6D #4F68BD #BD4F9F

split-complementary

#BDA44F #4F9FBD #6D4FBD

monochromatic

#6A5B28 #968138 #BDA44F #CEBB7C #DED2A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BDA44F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#BDA44F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA44F

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA44F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA44F	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A147

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA953

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda44f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 164, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.109 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3be83',
    500: '#bda44f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda44f;
$custom-light: #d3be83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda44f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72353,
    "c": 0.10891,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA44F

secondary

#9CA7CC

accent

#70D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA44F

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

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