#BDA55B#BDA55B

#BDA55B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.098 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA55B
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 91)
HSL	hsl(45, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 51.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, -0.83, 41.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 41.26, 91.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% -0.0032 0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.098 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.3310, 38.4861, 15.4104)
Luminance	0.3848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA55B #5B73BD

analogous

#BD745B #BDA55B #A4BD5B

triadic

#BDA55B #5BBDA5 #A55BBD

tetradic

#BDA55B #5BBD74 #5B73BD #BD5BA4

square

#BDA55B #5BBD74 #5B73BD #BD5BA4

split-complementary

#BDA55B #5BA4BD #745BBD

monochromatic

#70602D #9C853F #BDA55B #CFBD87 #E0D5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BDA55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#BDA55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA55B

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA55B	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A355

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.098 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bf8b',
    500: '#bda55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda55b;
$custom-light: #d3bf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.306,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72717,
    "c": 0.09814,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA55B

secondary

#A5AFCF

accent

#74D255

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA55B

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

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