#BDA65E#BDA65E

#BDA65E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.096 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA65E
RGB	rgb(189, 166, 94)
HSL	hsl(45, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 50.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, -1.09, 40.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 40.11, 91.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.0036 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.096 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.6441, 38.9010, 16.1660)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA65E #5E75BD

analogous

#BD775E #BDA65E #A4BD5E

triadic

#BDA65E #5EBDA6 #A65EBD

tetradic

#BDA65E #5EBD77 #5E75BD #BD5EA4

square

#BDA65E #5EBD77 #5E75BD #BD5EA4

split-complementary

#BDA65E #5EA4BD #775EBD

monochromatic

#72622F #9D8740 #BDA65E #CFBE89 #E1D6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BDA65E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#BDA65E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA65E

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA65E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA65E	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)

#B4A458

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda65e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 166, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.096 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c08d',
    500: '#bda65e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda65e;
$custom-light: #d3c08d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda65e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.474,
    "s": 41.85,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72968,
    "c": 0.09586,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA65E

secondary

#A8B1CF

accent

#74D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA65E

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

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