#BDA453#BDA453

#BDA453 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.105 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA453
RGB	rgb(189, 164, 83)
HSL	hsl(46, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 56.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, -0.97, 44.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 44.82, 91.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.0045 0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.105 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.8245, 37.9960, 13.6289)
Luminance	0.3799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA453 #536CBD

analogous

#BD6F53 #BDA453 #A1BD53

triadic

#BDA453 #53BDA4 #A453BD

tetradic

#BDA453 #53BD6F #536CBD #BD53A1

square

#BDA453 #53BD6F #536CBD #BD53A1

split-complementary

#BDA453 #53A1BD #6F53BD

monochromatic

#6C5C29 #98823A #BDA453 #CEBB7F #DFD3AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BDA453 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#BDA453 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA453

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA453	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA453	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A14B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda453;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 164, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.105 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3be86',
    500: '#bda453',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda453;
$custom-light: #d3be86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda453",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.849,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72402,
    "c": 0.1052,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA453

secondary

#9FAACD

accent

#72D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA453

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

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