#BDA74B#BDA74B

#BDA74B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.115 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA74B
RGB	rgb(189, 167, 75)
HSL	hsl(48, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 60.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, -3.18, 49.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 49.56, 93.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% -0.0119 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.115 96)
XYZ	xyz(36.0765, 38.9659, 12.2761)
Luminance	0.3896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA74B #4B61BD

analogous

#BD6E4B #BDA74B #9ABD4B

triadic

#BDA74B #4BBDA7 #A74BBD

tetradic

#BDA74B #4BBD6E #4B61BD #BD4B9A

square

#BDA74B #4BBD6E #4B61BD #BD4B9A

split-complementary

#BDA74B #4B9ABD #6E4BBD

monochromatic

#685B26 #948236 #BDA74B #CDBD78 #DED3A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BDA74B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#BDA74B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA74B

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA74B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA74B	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)

#B6A441

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda74b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 167, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.115 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c081',
    500: '#bda74b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda74b;
$custom-light: #d4c081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda74b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.421,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72935,
    "c": 0.11479,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.38964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA74B

secondary

#99A3CB

accent

#6BD652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA74B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →