#BDA551#BDA551

#BDA551 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.108 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA551
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 81)
HSL	hsl(47, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 57.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.26, -1.66, 46.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.26, 46.10, 92.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% -0.0068 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.108 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.9281, 38.3249, 13.2880)
Luminance	0.3832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA551 #5169BD

analogous

#BD6F51 #BDA551 #9FBD51

triadic

#BDA551 #51BDA5 #A551BD

tetradic

#BDA551 #51BD6F #5169BD #BD519F

square

#BDA551 #51BD6F #5169BD #BD519F

split-complementary

#BDA551 #519FBD #6F51BD

monochromatic

#6B5C29 #978239 #BDA551 #CEBC7D #DFD3AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BDA551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#BDA551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA551

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA551	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)

#B4A249

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.108 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bf84',
    500: '#bda551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda551;
$custom-light: #d3bf84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72586,
    "c": 0.10782,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA551

secondary

#9EA8CC

accent

#70D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA551

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

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