#BDA657#BDA657

#BDA657 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.103 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA657
RGB	rgb(189, 166, 87)
HSL	hsl(46, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 54%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, -1.71, 43.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 43.55, 92.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% -0.0062 0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.103 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.3441, 38.7810, 14.5861)
Luminance	0.3878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA657 #576EBD

analogous

#BD7357 #BDA657 #A1BD57

triadic

#BDA657 #57BDA6 #A657BD

tetradic

#BDA657 #57BD73 #576EBD #BD57A1

square

#BDA657 #57BD73 #576EBD #BD57A1

split-complementary

#BDA657 #57A1BD #7357BD

monochromatic

#6E5F2B #9A853D #BDA657 #CEBD83 #E0D5AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BDA657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#BDA657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA657

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA657	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 166, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.103 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c088',
    500: '#bda657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda657;
$custom-light: #d3c088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.471,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72871,
    "c": 0.10288,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA657

secondary

#A2ACCE

accent

#71D354

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA657

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

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