#BDA74E#BDA74E

#BDA74E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.112 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA74E
RGB	rgb(189, 167, 78)
HSL	hsl(48, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 58.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.76, -2.96, 48.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.76, 48.17, 93.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.0109 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.112 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.1816, 39.0080, 12.8297)
Luminance	0.3901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA74E #4E64BD

analogous

#BD6F4E #BDA74E #9CBD4E

triadic

#BDA74E #4EBDA7 #A74EBD

tetradic

#BDA74E #4EBD6F #4E64BD #BD4E9C

square

#BDA74E #4EBD6F #4E64BD #BD4E9C

split-complementary

#BDA74E #4E9CBD #6F4EBD

monochromatic

#695C27 #968338 #BDA74E #CEBD7B #DED3A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BDA74E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#BDA74E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA74E

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA74E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA74E	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)

#B6A445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda74e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 167, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.112 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c082',
    500: '#bda74e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda74e;
$custom-light: #d3c082;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda74e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.108,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72969,
    "c": 0.11212,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA74E

secondary

#9BA5CC

accent

#6CD552

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA74E

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

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