#BDA759#BDA759

#BDA759 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.102 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA759
RGB	rgb(189, 167, 89)
HSL	hsl(47, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(47, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 52.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, -2.07, 42.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 42.91, 92.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% -0.007 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.102 94)
XYZ	xyz(36.6095, 39.1791, 15.0832)
Luminance	0.3918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA759 #596FBD

analogous

#BD7559 #BDA759 #A1BD59

triadic

#BDA759 #59BDA7 #A759BD

tetradic

#BDA759 #59BD75 #596FBD #BD59A1

square

#BDA759 #59BD75 #596FBD #BD59A1

split-complementary

#BDA759 #59A1BD #7559BD

monochromatic

#6F612C #9B873E #BDA759 #CEBE85 #E0D5B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BDA759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#BDA759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA759

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA759	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A452

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 167, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.102 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c08a',
    500: '#bda759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda759;
$custom-light: #d3c08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.8,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73107,
    "c": 0.10169,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.39178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA759

secondary

#A4ADCE

accent

#71D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA759

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

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