#BDA54E#BDA54E

#BDA54E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.111 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA54E
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 78)
HSL	hsl(47, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 58.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.23, -1.90, 47.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.23, 47.52, 92.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.0078 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.111 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.8180, 38.2809, 12.7085)
Luminance	0.3828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA54E #4E66BD

analogous

#BD6E4E #BDA54E #9EBD4E

triadic

#BDA54E #4EBDA5 #A54EBD

tetradic

#BDA54E #4EBD6E #4E66BD #BD4E9E

square

#BDA54E #4EBD6E #4E66BD #BD4E9E

split-complementary

#BDA54E #4E9EBD #6E4EBD

monochromatic

#695B27 #968238 #BDA54E #CEBC7B #DED2A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BDA54E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#BDA54E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA54E

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA54E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA54E	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A245

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA952

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda54e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.111 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bf82',
    500: '#bda54e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda54e;
$custom-light: #d4bf82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda54e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.027,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7255,
    "c": 0.11057,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA54E

secondary

#9BA6CC

accent

#6FD552

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA54E

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

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