#BDA74F#BDA74F

#BDA74F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.111 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA74F
RGB	rgb(189, 167, 79)
HSL	hsl(48, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 58.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.77, -2.89, 47.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.77, 47.71, 93.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% -0.0106 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.111 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.2177, 39.0224, 13.0200)
Luminance	0.3902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA74F #4F65BD

analogous

#BD704F #BDA74F #9CBD4F

triadic

#BDA74F #4FBDA7 #A74FBD

tetradic

#BDA74F #4FBD70 #4F65BD #BD4F9C

square

#BDA74F #4FBD70 #4F65BD #BD4F9C

split-complementary

#BDA74F #4F9CBD #704FBD

monochromatic

#6A5D28 #968438 #BDA74F #CEBD7C #DED4A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BDA74F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#BDA74F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA74F

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA74F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA74F	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)

#B6A446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda74f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 167, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.111 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c083',
    500: '#bda74f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda74f;
$custom-light: #d3c083;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda74f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72981,
    "c": 0.11121,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA74F

secondary

#9CA6CC

accent

#6DD553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA74F

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

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