#BDA65D#BDA65D

#BDA65D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.097 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA65D
RGB	rgb(189, 166, 93)
HSL	hsl(46, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 50.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, -1.18, 40.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 40.61, 91.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.004 0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.097 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.5995, 38.8832, 15.9312)
Luminance	0.3888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA65D #5D74BD

analogous

#BD765D #BDA65D #A4BD5D

triadic

#BDA65D #5DBDA6 #A65DBD

tetradic

#BDA65D #5DBD76 #5D74BD #BD5DA4

square

#BDA65D #5DBD76 #5D74BD #BD5DA4

split-complementary

#BDA65D #5DA4BD #765DBD

monochromatic

#71612E #9D8740 #BDA65D #CFBE88 #E0D6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BDA65D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#BDA65D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA65D

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA65D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA65D	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A457

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda65d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 166, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.097 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c08c',
    500: '#bda65d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda65d;
$custom-light: #d3c08c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda65d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.625,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72954,
    "c": 0.09688,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA65D

secondary

#A7B0CF

accent

#74D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA65D

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

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