#BDA54D#BDA54D

#BDA54D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.111 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA54D
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 77)
HSL	hsl(47, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 59.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.22, -1.97, 47.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.22, 47.98, 92.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% -0.0082 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.111 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.7825, 38.2666, 12.5212)
Luminance	0.3826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA54D #4D65BD

analogous

#BD6D4D #BDA54D #9DBD4D

triadic

#BDA54D #4DBDA5 #A54DBD

tetradic

#BDA54D #4DBD6D #4D65BD #BD4D9D

square

#BDA54D #4DBD6D #4D65BD #BD4D9D

split-complementary

#BDA54D #4D9DBD #6D4DBD

monochromatic

#695B27 #958137 #BDA54D #CEBC7A #DED2A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BDA54D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#BDA54D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA54D

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA54D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA54D	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)

#B4A244

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA951

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda54d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.111 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bf82',
    500: '#bda54d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda54d;
$custom-light: #d4bf82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda54d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72538,
    "c": 0.11147,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA54D

secondary

#9AA5CB

accent

#6ED652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA54D

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

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