#BDA749#BDA749

#BDA749 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.117 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA749
RGB	rgb(189, 167, 73)
HSL	hsl(49, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 61.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, -3.32, 50.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 50.48, 93.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.0125 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.117 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.0091, 38.9390, 11.9213)
Luminance	0.3894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA749 #495FBD

analogous

#BD6D49 #BDA749 #99BD49

triadic

#BDA749 #49BDA7 #A749BD

tetradic

#BDA749 #49BD6D #495FBD #BD4999

square

#BDA749 #49BD6D #495FBD #BD4999

split-complementary

#BDA749 #4999BD #6D49BD

monochromatic

#665A25 #938235 #BDA749 #CDBD76 #DED2A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BDA749 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#BDA749 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA749

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA749	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA749	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)

#B6A33F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda749;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 167, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.117 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c07f',
    500: '#bda749',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda749;
$custom-light: #d4c07f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda749",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.621,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72913,
    "c": 0.11652,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA749

secondary

#97A1CA

accent

#6BD651

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA749

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

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