#BDA65C#BDA65C

#BDA65C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.098 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA65C
RGB	rgb(189, 166, 92)
HSL	hsl(46, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 51.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.65, -1.27, 41.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.65, 41.10, 91.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% -0.0044 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.098 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5555, 38.8656, 15.6994)
Luminance	0.3886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA65C #5C73BD

analogous

#BD755C #BDA65C #A4BD5C

triadic

#BDA65C #5CBDA6 #A65CBD

tetradic

#BDA65C #5CBD75 #5C73BD #BD5CA4

square

#BDA65C #5CBD75 #5C73BD #BD5CA4

split-complementary

#BDA65C #5CA4BD #755CBD

monochromatic

#71612E #9C863F #BDA65C #CFBE88 #E0D6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BDA65C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#BDA65C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA65C

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA65C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA65C	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)

#B4A356

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda65c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 166, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.098 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c08c',
    500: '#bda65c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda65c;
$custom-light: #d3c08c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda65c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.773,
    "s": 42.358,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7294,
    "c": 0.0979,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA65C

secondary

#A6B0CF

accent

#73D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA65C

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

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