#BDA456#BDA456

#BDA456 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.102 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA456
RGB	rgb(189, 164, 86)
HSL	hsl(45, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 54.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.05, -0.72, 43.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.05, 43.38, 90.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.0035 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.102 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.9428, 38.0433, 14.2522)
Luminance	0.3804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA456 #566FBD

analogous

#BD7156 #BDA456 #A3BD56

triadic

#BDA456 #56BDA4 #A456BD

tetradic

#BDA456 #56BD71 #566FBD #BD56A3

square

#BDA456 #56BD71 #566FBD #BD56A3

split-complementary

#BDA456 #56A3BD #7156BD

monochromatic

#6E5E2B #9A833C #BDA456 #CEBC82 #DFD3AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BDA456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#BDA456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA456

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA456	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)

#B3A24F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 164, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.102 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3be88',
    500: '#bda456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda456;
$custom-light: #d3be88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.437,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72441,
    "c": 0.10233,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA456

secondary

#A1ACCD

accent

#73D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA456

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

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