#BDA557#BDA557

#BDA557 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.102 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA557
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 87)
HSL	hsl(46, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 54%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, -1.17, 43.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 43.22, 91.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% -0.0047 0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.102 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.1631, 38.4189, 14.5257)
Luminance	0.3842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA557 #576FBD

analogous

#BD7257 #BDA557 #A2BD57

triadic

#BDA557 #57BDA5 #A557BD

tetradic

#BDA557 #57BD72 #576FBD #BD57A2

square

#BDA557 #57BD72 #576FBD #BD57A2

split-complementary

#BDA557 #57A2BD #7257BD

monochromatic

#6E5F2B #9A843D #BDA557 #CEBD83 #E0D4AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BDA557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#BDA557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA557

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA557	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)

#B4A250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.102 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bf88',
    500: '#bda557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda557;
$custom-light: #d3bf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72663,
    "c": 0.10211,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA557

secondary

#A2ACCE

accent

#72D354

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA557

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

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