#BDA84A#BDA84A

#BDA84A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.116 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA84A
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 74)
HSL	hsl(49, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 60.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, -3.78, 50.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 50.35, 94.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.0138 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.116 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.2264, 39.3202, 12.1586)
Luminance	0.3932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA84A #4A5FBD

analogous

#BD6F4A #BDA84A #99BD4A

triadic

#BDA84A #4ABDA8 #A84ABD

tetradic

#BDA84A #4ABD6F #4A5FBD #BD4A99

square

#BDA84A #4ABD6F #4A5FBD #BD4A99

split-complementary

#BDA84A #4A99BD #6F4ABD

monochromatic

#675B26 #948336 #BDA84A #CDBE77 #DED3A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BDA84A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#BDA84A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA84A

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA84A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA84A	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)

#B7A440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda84a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.116 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c180',
    500: '#bda84a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda84a;
$custom-light: #d4c180;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda84a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.043,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73135,
    "c": 0.11646,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA84A

secondary

#98A1CB

accent

#6AD652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA84A

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

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