#BDA661#BDA661

#BDA661 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.093 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA661
RGB	rgb(189, 166, 97)
HSL	hsl(45, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 48.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, -0.81, 38.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 38.62, 91.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% -0.0025 0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.093 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.7814, 38.9559, 16.8888)
Luminance	0.3895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA661 #6178BD

analogous

#BD7861 #BDA661 #A6BD61

triadic

#BDA661 #61BDA6 #A661BD

tetradic

#BDA661 #61BD78 #6178BD #BD61A6

square

#BDA661 #61BD78 #6178BD #BD61A6

split-complementary

#BDA661 #61A6BD #7861BD

monochromatic

#736330 #9F8742 #BDA661 #CFBE8C #E1D7B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BDA661 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#BDA661 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA661

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA661	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA661	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A45B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AB64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 166, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.093 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c08f',
    500: '#bda661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda661;
$custom-light: #d3c08f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 41.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73013,
    "c": 0.09274,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA661

secondary

#AAB3D0

accent

#75D157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA661

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

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