#BDA647#BDA647

#BDA647 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.117 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA647
RGB	rgb(189, 166, 71)
HSL	hsl(48, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 62.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, -2.93, 50.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 51.06, 93.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.0117 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.117 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.7614, 38.5479, 11.5168)
Luminance	0.3855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA647 #475EBD

analogous

#BD6B47 #BDA647 #99BD47

triadic

#BDA647 #47BDA6 #A647BD

tetradic

#BDA647 #47BD6B #475EBD #BD4799

square

#BDA647 #47BD6B #475EBD #BD4799

split-complementary

#BDA647 #4799BD #6B47BD

monochromatic

#655924 #928034 #BDA647 #CDBC74 #DDD2A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BDA647 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#BDA647 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA647

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA647	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA647	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)

#B6A33D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda647;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 166, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.117 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c07e',
    500: '#bda647',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda647;
$custom-light: #d4c07e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda647",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.305,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72682,
    "c": 0.11743,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA647

secondary

#96A0CA

accent

#6BD751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA647

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

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