#BDA545#BDA545

#BDA545 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.118 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA545
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 69)
HSL	hsl(48, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 63.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.14, -2.53, 51.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.14, 51.63, 92.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% -0.0108 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.118 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.5172, 38.1605, 11.1240)
Luminance	0.3816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA545 #455DBD

analogous

#BD6945 #BDA545 #99BD45

triadic

#BDA545 #45BDA5 #A545BD

tetradic

#BDA545 #45BD69 #455DBD #BD4599

square

#BDA545 #45BD69 #455DBD #BD4599

split-complementary

#BDA545 #4599BD #6945BD

monochromatic

#645724 #917F34 #BDA545 #CDBB72 #DDD19F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BDA545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#BDA545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA545

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA545	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)

#B5A23A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA94A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.118 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bf7d',
    500: '#bda545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda545;
$custom-light: #d4bf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72452,
    "c": 0.11833,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA545

secondary

#949FCA

accent

#6CD751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA545

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

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