#BDA54B#BDA54B

#BDA54B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.113 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA54B
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 75)
HSL	hsl(47, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 60.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.20, -2.12, 48.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.20, 48.91, 92.48°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.0088 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.113 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.7129, 38.2388, 12.1550)
Luminance	0.3824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA54B #4B63BD

analogous

#BD6C4B #BDA54B #9CBD4B

triadic

#BDA54B #4BBDA5 #A54BBD

tetradic

#BDA54B #4BBD6C #4B63BD #BD4B9C

square

#BDA54B #4BBD6C #4B63BD #BD4B9C

split-complementary

#BDA54B #4B9CBD #6C4BBD

monochromatic

#685A26 #948136 #BDA54B #CDBB78 #DED2A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BDA54B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#BDA54B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA54B

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA54B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA54B	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA94F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda54b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.113 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bf80',
    500: '#bda54b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda54b;
$custom-light: #d4bf80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda54b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72516,
    "c": 0.11323,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA54B

secondary

#99A3CB

accent

#6ED652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA54B

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

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