#BDA751#BDA751

#BDA751 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.109 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA751
RGB	rgb(189, 167, 81)
HSL	hsl(48, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 57.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.79, -2.73, 46.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.79, 46.76, 93.35°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% -0.0099 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.109 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2916, 39.0520, 13.4092)
Luminance	0.3905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA751 #5167BD

analogous

#BD7151 #BDA751 #9DBD51

triadic

#BDA751 #51BDA7 #A751BD

tetradic

#BDA751 #51BD71 #5167BD #BD519D

square

#BDA751 #51BD71 #5167BD #BD519D

split-complementary

#BDA751 #519DBD #7151BD

monochromatic

#6B5D29 #978439 #BDA751 #CEBD7D #DFD4AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BDA751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#BDA751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA751

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA751	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 167, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.109 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c084',
    500: '#bda751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda751;
$custom-light: #d3c084;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.778,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73005,
    "c": 0.10938,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA751

secondary

#9EA7CC

accent

#6ED553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA751

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

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