#BDA55C#BDA55C

#BDA55C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.097 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA55C
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 92)
HSL	hsl(45, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 51.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, -0.74, 40.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 40.77, 91.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% -0.0028 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.097 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.3745, 38.5034, 15.6391)
Luminance	0.3850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA55C #5C74BD

analogous

#BD755C #BDA55C #A4BD5C

triadic

#BDA55C #5CBDA5 #A55CBD

tetradic

#BDA55C #5CBD75 #5C74BD #BD5CA4

square

#BDA55C #5CBD75 #5C74BD #BD5CA4

split-complementary

#BDA55C #5CA4BD #755CBD

monochromatic

#71602E #9C853F #BDA55C #CFBD88 #E0D5B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BDA55C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#BDA55C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA55C

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA55C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA55C	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)

#B3A356

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AA5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda55c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.097 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bf8c',
    500: '#bda55c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda55c;
$custom-light: #d3bf8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda55c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.155,
    "s": 42.358,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72731,
    "c": 0.09713,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA55C

secondary

#A6B0CF

accent

#74D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA55C

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

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