#BDA656#BDA656

#BDA656 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.104 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA656
RGB	rgb(189, 166, 86)
HSL	hsl(47, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 54.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, -1.79, 44.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 44.03, 92.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.0066 0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.104 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.3036, 38.7648, 14.3724)
Luminance	0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA656 #566DBD

analogous

#BD7356 #BDA656 #A1BD56

triadic

#BDA656 #56BDA6 #A656BD

tetradic

#BDA656 #56BD73 #566DBD #BD56A1

square

#BDA656 #56BD73 #566DBD #BD56A1

split-complementary

#BDA656 #56A1BD #7356BD

monochromatic

#6E5F2B #9A853C #BDA656 #CEBD82 #DFD4AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BDA656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#BDA656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA656

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA656	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)

#B5A34F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 166, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.104 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c088',
    500: '#bda656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda656;
$custom-light: #d3c088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.602,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72858,
    "c": 0.10385,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA656

secondary

#A1ABCD

accent

#71D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA656

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

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