#BDA64E#BDA64E

#BDA64E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.111 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA64E
RGB	rgb(189, 166, 78)
HSL	hsl(48, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 58.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, -2.43, 47.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 47.84, 92.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% -0.0094 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.111 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.9991, 38.6430, 12.7689)
Luminance	0.3864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA64E #4E65BD

analogous

#BD6F4E #BDA64E #9CBD4E

triadic

#BDA64E #4EBDA6 #A64EBD

tetradic

#BDA64E #4EBD6F #4E65BD #BD4E9C

square

#BDA64E #4EBD6F #4E65BD #BD4E9C

split-complementary

#BDA64E #4E9CBD #6F4EBD

monochromatic

#695C27 #968238 #BDA64E #CEBC7B #DED3A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BDA64E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#BDA64E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA64E

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA64E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA64E	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)

#B5A345

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda64e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 166, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.111 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c082',
    500: '#bda64e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda64e;
$custom-light: #d4c082;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda64e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.568,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72759,
    "c": 0.11133,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA64E

secondary

#9BA5CC

accent

#6ED552

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA64E

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

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