#BDA651#BDA651

#BDA651 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.109 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA651
RGB	rgb(189, 166, 81)
HSL	hsl(47, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 57.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.52, -2.20, 46.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.52, 46.43, 92.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.0083 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.109 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1091, 38.6870, 13.3483)
Luminance	0.3869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA651 #5168BD

analogous

#BD7051 #BDA651 #9EBD51

triadic

#BDA651 #51BDA6 #A651BD

tetradic

#BDA651 #51BD70 #5168BD #BD519E

square

#BDA651 #51BD70 #5168BD #BD519E

split-complementary

#BDA651 #519EBD #7051BD

monochromatic

#6B5D29 #978339 #BDA651 #CEBD7D #DFD3AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BDA651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#BDA651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA651

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA651	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 166, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.109 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c084',
    500: '#bda651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda651;
$custom-light: #d3c084;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.222,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72795,
    "c": 0.10859,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA651

secondary

#9EA7CC

accent

#6FD553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA651

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

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