#BDA455#BDA455

#BDA455 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.103 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA455
RGB	rgb(189, 164, 85)
HSL	hsl(46, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 55%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.04, -0.81, 43.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.04, 43.86, 91.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% -0.0038 0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.103 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.9028, 38.0273, 14.0414)
Luminance	0.3803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA455 #556EBD

analogous

#BD7055 #BDA455 #A2BD55

triadic

#BDA455 #55BDA4 #A455BD

tetradic

#BDA455 #55BD70 #556EBD #BD55A2

square

#BDA455 #55BD70 #556EBD #BD55A2

split-complementary

#BDA455 #55A2BD #7055BD

monochromatic

#6D5D2A #99833C #BDA455 #CEBC81 #DFD3AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BDA455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#BDA455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA455

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA455	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A24E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 164, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.103 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3be87',
    500: '#bda455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda455;
$custom-light: #d3be87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.577,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72428,
    "c": 0.1033,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA455

secondary

#A1ABCD

accent

#73D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA455

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

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