#BDA74A#BDA74A

#BDA74A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.116 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA74A
RGB	rgb(189, 167, 74)
HSL	hsl(49, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 60.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, -3.25, 49.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 50.02, 93.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% -0.0122 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.116 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.0425, 38.9524, 12.0973)
Luminance	0.3895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA74A #4A60BD

analogous

#BD6E4A #BDA74A #9ABD4A

triadic

#BDA74A #4ABDA7 #A74ABD

tetradic

#BDA74A #4ABD6E #4A60BD #BD4A9A

square

#BDA74A #4ABD6E #4A60BD #BD4A9A

split-complementary

#BDA74A #4A9ABD #6E4ABD

monochromatic

#675B26 #948236 #BDA74A #CDBD77 #DED3A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BDA74A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#BDA74A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA74A

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA74A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA74A	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)

#B6A440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda74a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 167, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.116 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c080',
    500: '#bda74a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda74a;
$custom-light: #d4c080;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda74a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.522,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72924,
    "c": 0.11566,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA74A

secondary

#98A2CB

accent

#6BD652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA74A

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

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