#BDA847#BDA847

#BDA847 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.119 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA847
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 71)
HSL	hsl(49, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 62.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, -3.99, 51.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 51.71, 94.43°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% -0.0147 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.119 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.1278, 39.2807, 11.6390)
Luminance	0.3928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA847 #475CBD

analogous

#BD6D47 #BDA847 #97BD47

triadic

#BDA847 #47BDA8 #A847BD

tetradic

#BDA847 #47BD6D #475CBD #BD4797

square

#BDA847 #47BD6D #475CBD #BD4797

split-complementary

#BDA847 #4797BD #6D47BD

monochromatic

#655A24 #928234 #BDA847 #CDBD74 #DDD3A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BDA847 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#BDA847 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA847

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA847	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA847	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A43C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda847;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.119 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c17e',
    500: '#bda847',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda847;
$custom-light: #d4c17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda847",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.322,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73103,
    "c": 0.119,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA847

secondary

#969FCA

accent

#69D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA847

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

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