#BDA559#BDA559

#BDA559 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.100 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA559
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 89)
HSL	hsl(46, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 52.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.35, -1.00, 42.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.35, 42.24, 91.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.0039 0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.1 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.2459, 38.4520, 14.9620)
Luminance	0.3845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA559 #5971BD

analogous

#BD7359 #BDA559 #A3BD59

triadic

#BDA559 #59BDA5 #A559BD

tetradic

#BDA559 #59BD73 #5971BD #BD59A3

square

#BDA559 #59BD73 #5971BD #BD59A3

split-complementary

#BDA559 #59A3BD #7359BD

monochromatic

#6F5F2C #9B853E #BDA559 #CEBD85 #E0D4B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BDA559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#BDA559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA559

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA559	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)

#B3A352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AA5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.100 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bf8a',
    500: '#bda559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda559;
$custom-light: #d3bf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.6,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7269,
    "c": 0.10014,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA559

secondary

#A4AECE

accent

#73D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA559

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

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