#BDA845#BDA845

#BDA845 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.121 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA845
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 69)
HSL	hsl(50, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 63.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, -4.12, 52.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 52.60, 94.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% -0.0153 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.121 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.0646, 39.2554, 11.3065)
Luminance	0.3925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA845 #455ABD

analogous

#BD6C45 #BDA845 #96BD45

triadic

#BDA845 #45BDA8 #A845BD

tetradic

#BDA845 #45BD6C #455ABD #BD4596

square

#BDA845 #45BD6C #455ABD #BD4596

split-complementary

#BDA845 #4596BD #6C45BD

monochromatic

#645924 #918134 #BDA845 #CDBD72 #DDD29F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BDA845 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#BDA845 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA845

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA845	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA845	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A43A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda845;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.121 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c17d',
    500: '#bda845',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda845;
$custom-light: #d4c17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda845",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73083,
    "c": 0.12066,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA845

secondary

#949ECA

accent

#68D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA845

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

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