#BDA64D#BDA64D

#BDA64D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.112 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA64D
RGB	rgb(189, 166, 77)
HSL	hsl(48, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 59.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, -2.50, 48.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 48.31, 92.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% -0.0097 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.112 95)
XYZ	xyz(35.9635, 38.6288, 12.5815)
Luminance	0.3863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA64D #4D64BD

analogous

#BD6E4D #BDA64D #9CBD4D

triadic

#BDA64D #4DBDA6 #A64DBD

tetradic

#BDA64D #4DBD6E #4D64BD #BD4D9C

square

#BDA64D #4DBD6E #4D64BD #BD4D9C

split-complementary

#BDA64D #4D9CBD #6E4DBD

monochromatic

#695B27 #958237 #BDA64D #CEBC7A #DED3A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BDA64D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#BDA64D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA64D

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA64D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA64D	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A344

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda64d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 166, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.112 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c082',
    500: '#bda64d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda64d;
$custom-light: #d4c082;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda64d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.679,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72748,
    "c": 0.11223,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.38627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA64D

secondary

#9AA4CB

accent

#6DD652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA64D

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

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