#BDA648#BDA648

#BDA648 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.117 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA648
RGB	rgb(189, 166, 72)
HSL	hsl(48, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 61.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.43, -2.86, 50.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.43, 50.60, 93.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.0113 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.117 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.7937, 38.5609, 11.6872)
Luminance	0.3856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA648 #485FBD

analogous

#BD6B48 #BDA648 #99BD48

triadic

#BDA648 #48BDA6 #A648BD

tetradic

#BDA648 #48BD6B #485FBD #BD4899

square

#BDA648 #48BD6B #485FBD #BD4899

split-complementary

#BDA648 #4899BD #6B48BD

monochromatic

#665925 #938035 #BDA648 #CDBC75 #DDD2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BDA648 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#BDA648 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA648

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA648	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA648	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)

#B6A33E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda648;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 166, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.117 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c07f',
    500: '#bda648',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda648;
$custom-light: #d4c07f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda648",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.205,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72693,
    "c": 0.11658,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA648

secondary

#97A1CA

accent

#6BD751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA648

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

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