#BDA848#BDA848

#BDA848 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.118 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA848
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 72)
HSL	hsl(49, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 61.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, -3.92, 51.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 51.26, 94.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% -0.0144 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.118 97)
XYZ	xyz(36.1601, 39.2936, 11.8094)
Luminance	0.3929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA848 #485DBD

analogous

#BD6D48 #BDA848 #97BD48

triadic

#BDA848 #48BDA8 #A848BD

tetradic

#BDA848 #48BD6D #485DBD #BD4897

square

#BDA848 #48BD6D #485DBD #BD4897

split-complementary

#BDA848 #4897BD #6D48BD

monochromatic

#665A25 #938235 #BDA848 #CDBD75 #DDD3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BDA848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#BDA848 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA848

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA848	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)

#B7A43D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.118 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c17f',
    500: '#bda848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda848;
$custom-light: #d4c17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.231,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73113,
    "c": 0.11816,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.39292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA848

secondary

#97A0CA

accent

#69D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA848

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

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