#BDA556#BDA556

#BDA556 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.103 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA556
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 86)
HSL	hsl(46, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 54.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.32, -1.26, 43.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.32, 43.70, 91.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% -0.005 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.103 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.1225, 38.4026, 14.3120)
Luminance	0.3840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA556 #566EBD

analogous

#BD7256 #BDA556 #A2BD56

triadic

#BDA556 #56BDA5 #A556BD

tetradic

#BDA556 #56BD72 #566EBD #BD56A2

square

#BDA556 #56BD72 #566EBD #BD56A2

split-complementary

#BDA556 #56A2BD #7256BD

monochromatic

#6E5E2B #9A843C #BDA556 #CEBC82 #DFD4AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BDA556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#BDA556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA556

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA556	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A24F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.103 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bf88',
    500: '#bda556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda556;
$custom-light: #d3bf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.019,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72649,
    "c": 0.10308,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA556

secondary

#A1ACCD

accent

#72D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA556

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

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