#BDA659#BDA659

#BDA659 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.101 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA659
RGB	rgb(189, 166, 89)
HSL	hsl(46, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 52.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, -1.54, 42.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 42.57, 92.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% -0.0055 0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.101 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.4270, 38.8142, 15.0224)
Luminance	0.3881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA659 #5970BD

analogous

#BD7459 #BDA659 #A2BD59

triadic

#BDA659 #59BDA6 #A659BD

tetradic

#BDA659 #59BD74 #5970BD #BD59A2

square

#BDA659 #59BD74 #5970BD #BD59A2

split-complementary

#BDA659 #59A2BD #7459BD

monochromatic

#6F602C #9B863E #BDA659 #CEBD85 #E0D5B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BDA659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#BDA659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA659

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA659	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)

#B4A352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 166, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.101 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c08a',
    500: '#bda659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda659;
$custom-light: #d3c08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.2,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72898,
    "c": 0.10091,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA659

secondary

#A4ADCE

accent

#72D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA659

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

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