#BDA65B#BDA65B

#BDA65B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.099 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA65B
RGB	rgb(189, 166, 91)
HSL	hsl(46, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 51.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, -1.36, 41.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 41.59, 91.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% -0.0047 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.099 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.5121, 38.8482, 15.4707)
Luminance	0.3885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA65B #5B72BD

analogous

#BD755B #BDA65B #A3BD5B

triadic

#BDA65B #5BBDA6 #A65BBD

tetradic

#BDA65B #5BBD75 #5B72BD #BD5BA3

square

#BDA65B #5BBD75 #5B72BD #BD5BA3

split-complementary

#BDA65B #5BA3BD #755BBD

monochromatic

#70612D #9C863F #BDA65B #CFBE87 #E0D5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BDA65B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#BDA65B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA65B

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA65B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA65B	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	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)

#B4A354

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda65b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 166, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.099 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c08b',
    500: '#bda65b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda65b;
$custom-light: #d3c08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda65b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.918,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72926,
    "c": 0.0989,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA65B

secondary

#A5AFCF

accent

#73D255

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA65B

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

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