#BDA558#BDA558

#BDA558 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.101 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA558
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 88)
HSL	hsl(46, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 53.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, -1.09, 42.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 42.73, 91.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.0043 0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.101 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.2042, 38.4353, 14.7424)
Luminance	0.3843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA558 #5870BD

analogous

#BD7358 #BDA558 #A3BD58

triadic

#BDA558 #58BDA5 #A558BD

tetradic

#BDA558 #58BD73 #5870BD #BD58A3

square

#BDA558 #58BD73 #5870BD #BD58A3

split-complementary

#BDA558 #58A3BD #7358BD

monochromatic

#6F5F2C #9B843D #BDA558 #CEBD84 #E0D4B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BDA558 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#BDA558 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA558

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA558	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA558	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A351

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda558;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.101 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bf89',
    500: '#bda558',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda558;
$custom-light: #d3bf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda558",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.743,
    "s": 43.348,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72676,
    "c": 0.10112,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA558

secondary

#A3ADCE

accent

#73D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA558

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

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