#BDA655#BDA655

#BDA655 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.105 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA655
RGB	rgb(189, 166, 85)
HSL	hsl(47, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 55%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, -1.88, 44.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 44.52, 92.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.0069 0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.105 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.2636, 38.7488, 14.1617)
Luminance	0.3875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA655 #556CBD

analogous

#BD7255 #BDA655 #A0BD55

triadic

#BDA655 #55BDA6 #A655BD

tetradic

#BDA655 #55BD72 #556CBD #BD55A0

square

#BDA655 #55BD72 #556CBD #BD55A0

split-complementary

#BDA655 #55A0BD #7255BD

monochromatic

#6D5E2A #99853C #BDA655 #CEBD81 #DFD4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BDA655 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#BDA655 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA655

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA655	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA655	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A34E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda655;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 166, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.105 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c087',
    500: '#bda655',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda655;
$custom-light: #d3c087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda655",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.731,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72845,
    "c": 0.10481,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA655

secondary

#A1AACD

accent

#70D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA655

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

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