#BDA649#BDA649

#BDA649 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.116 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA649
RGB	rgb(189, 166, 73)
HSL	hsl(48, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 61.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.44, -2.79, 50.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.44, 50.15, 93.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% -0.011 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.116 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.8266, 38.5740, 11.8605)
Luminance	0.3857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA649 #4960BD

analogous

#BD6C49 #BDA649 #9ABD49

triadic

#BDA649 #49BDA6 #A649BD

tetradic

#BDA649 #49BD6C #4960BD #BD499A

square

#BDA649 #49BD6C #4960BD #BD499A

split-complementary

#BDA649 #499ABD #6C49BD

monochromatic

#665A25 #938135 #BDA649 #CDBC76 #DED2A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BDA649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#BDA649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA649

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA649	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)

#B6A33F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 166, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.116 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c07f',
    500: '#bda649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda649;
$custom-light: #d4c07f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.103,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72703,
    "c": 0.11574,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA649

secondary

#97A1CA

accent

#6CD651

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA649

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

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