#BDA54C#BDA54C

#BDA54C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.112 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA54C
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 76)
HSL	hsl(47, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 59.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.21, -2.04, 48.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.21, 48.45, 92.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% -0.0085 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.112 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.7474, 38.2526, 12.3366)
Luminance	0.3825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA54C #4C64BD

analogous

#BD6D4C #BDA54C #9CBD4C

triadic

#BDA54C #4CBDA5 #A54CBD

tetradic

#BDA54C #4CBD6D #4C64BD #BD4C9C

square

#BDA54C #4CBD6D #4C64BD #BD4C9C

split-complementary

#BDA54C #4C9CBD #6D4CBD

monochromatic

#685A26 #958137 #BDA54C #CDBB79 #DED2A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BDA54C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#BDA54C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA54C

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA54C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA54C	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)

#B4A243

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA950

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda54c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.112 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bf81',
    500: '#bda54c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda54c;
$custom-light: #d4bf81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda54c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.257,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72527,
    "c": 0.11236,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA54C

secondary

#9AA4CB

accent

#6ED652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA54C

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

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