#BDA550#BDA550

#BDA550 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.109 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA550
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 80)
HSL	hsl(47, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 57.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.25, -1.74, 46.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.25, 46.57, 92.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.0071 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.109 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.8908, 38.3100, 13.0919)
Luminance	0.3831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA550 #5068BD

analogous

#BD6E50 #BDA550 #9EBD50

triadic

#BDA550 #50BDA5 #A550BD

tetradic

#BDA550 #50BD6E #5068BD #BD509E

square

#BDA550 #50BD6E #5068BD #BD509E

split-complementary

#BDA550 #509EBD #6E50BD

monochromatic

#6A5C28 #978239 #BDA550 #CEBC7C #DFD3A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BDA550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#BDA550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA550

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA550	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	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)

#B4A248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.109 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bf84',
    500: '#bda550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda550;
$custom-light: #d3bf84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.789,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72574,
    "c": 0.10875,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA550

secondary

#9DA7CC

accent

#70D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA550

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

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