#BDA55A#BDA55A

#BDA55A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.099 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA55A
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 90)
HSL	hsl(45, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 52.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.36, -0.92, 41.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.36, 41.75, 91.26°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% -0.0036 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.099 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2882, 38.4689, 15.1847)
Luminance	0.3847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA55A #5A72BD

analogous

#BD745A #BDA55A #A3BD5A

triadic

#BDA55A #5ABDA5 #A55ABD

tetradic

#BDA55A #5ABD74 #5A72BD #BD5AA3

square

#BDA55A #5ABD74 #5A72BD #BD5AA3

split-complementary

#BDA55A #5AA3BD #745ABD

monochromatic

#70602D #9C853E #BDA55A #CEBD86 #E0D5B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BDA55A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#BDA55A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA55A

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA55A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA55A	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)

#B3A353

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AA5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda55a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.099 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bf8a',
    500: '#bda55a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda55a;
$custom-light: #d3bf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda55a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.455,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72703,
    "c": 0.09914,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA55A

secondary

#A5AFCE

accent

#74D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA55A

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

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