#BDA54A#BDA54A

#BDA54A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.114 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA54A
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 74)
HSL	hsl(47, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 60.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, -2.19, 49.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 49.37, 92.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% -0.0092 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.114 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.6790, 38.2252, 11.9761)
Luminance	0.3822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA54A #4A62BD

analogous

#BD6C4A #BDA54A #9CBD4A

triadic

#BDA54A #4ABDA5 #A54ABD

tetradic

#BDA54A #4ABD6C #4A62BD #BD4A9C

square

#BDA54A #4ABD6C #4A62BD #BD4A9C

split-complementary

#BDA54A #4A9CBD #6C4ABD

monochromatic

#675926 #948036 #BDA54A #CDBB77 #DED2A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BDA54A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#BDA54A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA54A

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA54A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA54A	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)

#B5A240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA94E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda54a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.114 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bf80',
    500: '#bda54a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda54a;
$custom-light: #d4bf80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda54a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.478,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72505,
    "c": 0.11411,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA54A

secondary

#98A3CB

accent

#6DD652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA54A

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

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