#BDA553#BDA553

#BDA553 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.106 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA553
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 83)
HSL	hsl(46, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 56.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, -1.51, 45.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 45.15, 91.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% -0.0061 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.106 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.0042, 38.3553, 13.6888)
Luminance	0.3835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA553 #536BBD

analogous

#BD7053 #BDA553 #A0BD53

triadic

#BDA553 #53BDA5 #A553BD

tetradic

#BDA553 #53BD70 #536BBD #BD53A0

square

#BDA553 #53BD70 #536BBD #BD53A0

split-complementary

#BDA553 #53A0BD #7053BD

monochromatic

#6C5D29 #98833A #BDA553 #CEBC7F #DFD3AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BDA553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#BDA553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA553

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA553	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A24B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.106 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bf86',
    500: '#bda553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda553;
$custom-light: #d3bf86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.415,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72611,
    "c": 0.10595,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA553

secondary

#9FA9CD

accent

#71D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA553

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

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