#BDA65A#BDA65A

#BDA65A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.100 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA65A
RGB	rgb(189, 166, 90)
HSL	hsl(46, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 52.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, -1.45, 42.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 42.08, 91.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.0051 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.1 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.4693, 38.8311, 15.2450)
Luminance	0.3883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA65A #5A71BD

analogous

#BD755A #BDA65A #A2BD5A

triadic

#BDA65A #5ABDA6 #A65ABD

tetradic

#BDA65A #5ABD75 #5A71BD #BD5AA2

square

#BDA65A #5ABD75 #5A71BD #BD5AA2

split-complementary

#BDA65A #5AA2BD #755ABD

monochromatic

#70602D #9C863E #BDA65A #CEBE86 #E0D5B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BDA65A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#BDA65A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA65A

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA65A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA65A	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A353

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda65a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 166, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.100 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c08a',
    500: '#bda65a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda65a;
$custom-light: #d3c08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda65a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.061,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72912,
    "c": 0.09991,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA65A

secondary

#A5AECE

accent

#72D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA65A

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

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