#BDA74C#BDA74C

#BDA74C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.114 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA74C
RGB	rgb(189, 167, 76)
HSL	hsl(48, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 59.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.74, -3.11, 49.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.74, 49.10, 93.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.0116 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.114 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.1110, 38.9797, 12.4578)
Luminance	0.3898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA74C #4C62BD

analogous

#BD6F4C #BDA74C #9ABD4C

triadic

#BDA74C #4CBDA7 #A74CBD

tetradic

#BDA74C #4CBD6F #4C62BD #BD4C9A

square

#BDA74C #4CBD6F #4C62BD #BD4C9A

split-complementary

#BDA74C #4C9ABD #6F4CBD

monochromatic

#685B26 #958337 #BDA74C #CDBD79 #DED3A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BDA74C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#BDA74C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA74C

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA74C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA74C	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A443

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda74c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 167, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.114 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c081',
    500: '#bda74c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda74c;
$custom-light: #d4c081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda74c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.319,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72946,
    "c": 0.11391,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA74C

secondary

#9AA3CB

accent

#6CD652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA74C

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

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