#BDA459#BDA459

#BDA459 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.099 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA459
RGB	rgb(189, 164, 89)
HSL	hsl(45, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 52.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, -0.47, 41.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 41.91, 90.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.48% -0.0024 0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(72.48% 0.099 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.0663, 38.0927, 14.9021)
Luminance	0.3809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA459 #5972BD

analogous

#BD7259 #BDA459 #A4BD59

triadic

#BDA459 #59BDA4 #A459BD

tetradic

#BDA459 #59BD72 #5972BD #BD59A4

square

#BDA459 #59BD72 #5972BD #BD59A4

split-complementary

#BDA459 #59A4BD #7259BD

monochromatic

#6F5F2C #9B843E #BDA459 #CEBC85 #E0D4B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BDA459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#BDA459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA459

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA459	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A252

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A95C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 164, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.099 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3be8a',
    500: '#bda459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda459;
$custom-light: #d3be8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72482,
    "c": 0.0994,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA459

secondary

#A4AECE

accent

#74D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA459

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

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