#BDA646#BDA646

#BDA646 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.118 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA646
RGB	rgb(189, 166, 70)
HSL	hsl(48, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 63%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.41, -2.99, 51.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.41, 51.50, 93.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% -0.012 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.118 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.7296, 38.5352, 11.3492)
Luminance	0.3853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA646 #465DBD

analogous

#BD6A46 #BDA646 #98BD46

triadic

#BDA646 #46BDA6 #A646BD

tetradic

#BDA646 #46BD6A #465DBD #BD4698

square

#BDA646 #46BD6A #465DBD #BD4698

split-complementary

#BDA646 #4698BD #6A46BD

monochromatic

#655824 #928034 #BDA646 #CDBC73 #DDD1A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BDA646 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#BDA646 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA646

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA646	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA646	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A33B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda646;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 166, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.118 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c07d',
    500: '#bda646',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda646;
$custom-light: #d4c07d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda646",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.403,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72672,
    "c": 0.11826,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA646

secondary

#959FCA

accent

#6BD751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA646

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

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