#BDA74D#BDA74D

#BDA74D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.113 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA74D
RGB	rgb(189, 167, 77)
HSL	hsl(48, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 59.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, -3.04, 48.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 48.64, 93.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% -0.0112 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.113 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.1460, 38.9937, 12.6423)
Luminance	0.3899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA74D #4D63BD

analogous

#BD6F4D #BDA74D #9BBD4D

triadic

#BDA74D #4DBDA7 #A74DBD

tetradic

#BDA74D #4DBD6F #4D63BD #BD4D9B

square

#BDA74D #4DBD6F #4D63BD #BD4D9B

split-complementary

#BDA74D #4D9BBD #6F4DBD

monochromatic

#695C27 #958337 #BDA74D #CEBD7A #DED3A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BDA74D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#BDA74D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA74D

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA74D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA74D	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)

#B6A444

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda74d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 167, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.113 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c082',
    500: '#bda74d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda74d;
$custom-light: #d4c082;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda74d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.214,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72958,
    "c": 0.11302,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA74D

secondary

#9AA4CB

accent

#6CD652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA74D

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

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