#BDA451#BDA451

#BDA451 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.107 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA451
RGB	rgb(189, 164, 81)
HSL	hsl(46, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 57.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, -1.13, 45.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 45.78, 91.41°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.0052 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.107 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.7484, 37.9655, 13.2281)
Luminance	0.3796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA451 #516ABD

analogous

#BD6E51 #BDA451 #A0BD51

triadic

#BDA451 #51BDA4 #A451BD

tetradic

#BDA451 #51BD6E #516ABD #BD51A0

square

#BDA451 #51BD6E #516ABD #BD51A0

split-complementary

#BDA451 #51A0BD #6E51BD

monochromatic

#6B5C29 #978239 #BDA451 #CEBB7D #DFD2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BDA451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#BDA451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA451

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA451	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	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)

#B3A149

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 164, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.107 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3be84',
    500: '#bda451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda451;
$custom-light: #d3be84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.111,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72377,
    "c": 0.10708,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA451

secondary

#9EA8CC

accent

#71D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA451

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

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