#BDA457#BDA457

#BDA457 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.101 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA457
RGB	rgb(189, 164, 87)
HSL	hsl(45, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 54%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, -0.64, 42.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 42.89, 90.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% -0.0031 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.101 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.9834, 38.0596, 14.4658)
Luminance	0.3806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA457 #5770BD

analogous

#BD7157 #BDA457 #A3BD57

triadic

#BDA457 #57BDA4 #A457BD

tetradic

#BDA457 #57BD71 #5770BD #BD57A3

square

#BDA457 #57BD71 #5770BD #BD57A3

split-complementary

#BDA457 #57A3BD #7157BD

monochromatic

#6E5E2B #9A833D #BDA457 #CEBC83 #E0D4AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BDA457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#BDA457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA457

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA457	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)

#B3A250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A95A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 164, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.101 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3be88',
    500: '#bda457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda457;
$custom-light: #d3be88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.294,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72454,
    "c": 0.10136,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA457

secondary

#A2ADCE

accent

#74D354

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA457

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

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