#BDA458#BDA458

#BDA458 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.100 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA458
RGB	rgb(189, 164, 88)
HSL	hsl(45, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 53.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.08, -0.55, 42.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.08, 42.40, 90.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.0027 0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.1 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.0245, 38.0760, 14.6825)
Luminance	0.3807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA458 #5871BD

analogous

#BD7258 #BDA458 #A3BD58

triadic

#BDA458 #58BDA4 #A458BD

tetradic

#BDA458 #58BD72 #5871BD #BD58A3

square

#BDA458 #58BD72 #5871BD #BD58A3

split-complementary

#BDA458 #58A3BD #7258BD

monochromatic

#6F5E2C #9B843D #BDA458 #CEBC84 #E0D4B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BDA458 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#BDA458 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA458

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA458	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA458	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)

#B3A251

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A95B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda458;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 164, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.100 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3be89',
    500: '#bda458',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda458;
$custom-light: #d3be89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda458",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.149,
    "s": 43.348,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72468,
    "c": 0.10038,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA458

secondary

#A3AECE

accent

#74D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA458

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

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