#BDA846#BDA846

#BDA846 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.120 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA846
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 70)
HSL	hsl(49, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 63%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, -4.06, 52.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 52.16, 94.46°)
OKLab	oklab(73.09% -0.015 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(73.09% 0.12 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.0959, 39.2680, 11.4713)
Luminance	0.3927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA846 #465BBD

analogous

#BD6C46 #BDA846 #96BD46

triadic

#BDA846 #46BDA8 #A846BD

tetradic

#BDA846 #46BD6C #465BBD #BD4696

square

#BDA846 #46BD6C #465BBD #BD4696

split-complementary

#BDA846 #4696BD #6C46BD

monochromatic

#655924 #928134 #BDA846 #CDBD73 #DDD2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BDA846 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#BDA846 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA846

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA846	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA846	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)

#B8A43B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda846;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.120 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c17e',
    500: '#bda846',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda846;
$custom-light: #d4c17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda846",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73093,
    "c": 0.11984,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA846

secondary

#959ECA

accent

#68D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA846

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

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