#BDA549#BDA549

#BDA549 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.115 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA549
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 73)
HSL	hsl(48, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 61.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.18, -2.26, 49.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.18, 49.83, 92.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% -0.0095 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.115 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.6456, 38.2119, 11.8001)
Luminance	0.3821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA549 #4961BD

analogous

#BD6B49 #BDA549 #9BBD49

triadic

#BDA549 #49BDA5 #A549BD

tetradic

#BDA549 #49BD6B #4961BD #BD499B

square

#BDA549 #49BD6B #4961BD #BD499B

split-complementary

#BDA549 #499BBD #6B49BD

monochromatic

#665925 #938035 #BDA549 #CDBB76 #DED1A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BDA549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#BDA549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA549

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA549	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)

#B5A23F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA94D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.115 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bf7f',
    500: '#bda549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda549;
$custom-light: #d4bf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.586,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72494,
    "c": 0.11497,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA549

secondary

#97A2CA

accent

#6DD651

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA549

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

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