#BDA543#BDA543

#BDA543 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.120 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA543
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 67)
HSL	hsl(48, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 64.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.12, -2.66, 52.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.12, 52.52, 92.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% -0.0114 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.12 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.4561, 38.1361, 10.8025)
Luminance	0.3813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA543 #435BBD

analogous

#BD6843 #BDA543 #98BD43

triadic

#BDA543 #43BDA5 #A543BD

tetradic

#BDA543 #43BD68 #435BBD #BD4398

square

#BDA543 #43BD68 #435BBD #BD4398

split-complementary

#BDA543 #4398BD #6843BD

monochromatic

#635623 #907E33 #BDA543 #CDBB70 #DDD09E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BDA543 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#BDA543 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA543

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA543	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA543	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A238

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda543;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.120 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bf7b',
    500: '#bda543',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda543;
$custom-light: #d4bf7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda543",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.197,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72432,
    "c": 0.11994,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA543

secondary

#939DC9

accent

#6BD850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA543

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

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