#BDA653#BDA653

#BDA653 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.107 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA653
RGB	rgb(189, 166, 83)
HSL	hsl(47, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 56.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, -2.04, 45.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 45.48, 92.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% -0.0076 0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.107 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.1852, 38.7175, 13.7491)
Luminance	0.3872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA653 #536ABD

analogous

#BD7153 #BDA653 #9FBD53

triadic

#BDA653 #53BDA6 #A653BD

tetradic

#BDA653 #53BD71 #536ABD #BD539F

square

#BDA653 #53BD71 #536ABD #BD539F

split-complementary

#BDA653 #539FBD #7153BD

monochromatic

#6C5E29 #98843A #BDA653 #CEBD7F #DFD4AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BDA653 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#BDA653 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA653

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA653	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA653	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)

#B5A34B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda653;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 166, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.107 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c086',
    500: '#bda653',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda653;
$custom-light: #d3c086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda653",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.981,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7282,
    "c": 0.10671,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA653

secondary

#9FA9CD

accent

#6FD454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA653

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

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