#BDA54F#BDA54F

#BDA54F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.110 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA54F
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 79)
HSL	hsl(47, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 58.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.24, -1.82, 47.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.24, 47.05, 92.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.56% -0.0075 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(72.56% 0.11 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.8542, 38.2953, 12.8988)
Luminance	0.3829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA54F #4F67BD

analogous

#BD6E4F #BDA54F #9EBD4F

triadic

#BDA54F #4FBDA5 #A54FBD

tetradic

#BDA54F #4FBD6E #4F67BD #BD4F9E

square

#BDA54F #4FBD6E #4F67BD #BD4F9E

split-complementary

#BDA54F #4F9EBD #6E4FBD

monochromatic

#6A5B28 #968238 #BDA54F #CEBC7C #DED3A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BDA54F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#BDA54F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA54F

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA54F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA54F	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)

#B4A247

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA953

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda54f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.110 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bf83',
    500: '#bda54f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda54f;
$custom-light: #d3bf83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda54f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.909,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72562,
    "c": 0.10967,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA54F

secondary

#9CA6CC

accent

#6FD553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA54F

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

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