#BDA548#BDA548

#BDA548 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.116 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA548
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 72)
HSL	hsl(48, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 61.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.17, -2.33, 50.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.17, 50.28, 92.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.48% -0.0098 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(72.48% 0.116 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.6127, 38.1987, 11.6269)
Luminance	0.3820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA548 #4860BD

analogous

#BD6A48 #BDA548 #9ABD48

triadic

#BDA548 #48BDA5 #A548BD

tetradic

#BDA548 #48BD6A #4860BD #BD489A

square

#BDA548 #48BD6A #4860BD #BD489A

split-complementary

#BDA548 #489ABD #6A48BD

monochromatic

#665925 #938035 #BDA548 #CDBB75 #DDD1A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BDA548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#BDA548 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA548

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA548	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A23E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA94C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.116 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bf7f',
    500: '#bda548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda548;
$custom-light: #d4bf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.692,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72483,
    "c": 0.11583,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA548

secondary

#97A1CA

accent

#6DD751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA548

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

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