#BDA84B#BDA84B

#BDA84B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.116 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA84B
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 75)
HSL	hsl(49, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 60.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, -3.71, 49.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 49.90, 94.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% -0.0134 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.116 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.2604, 39.3337, 12.3374)
Luminance	0.3933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA84B #4B60BD

analogous

#BD6F4B #BDA84B #99BD4B

triadic

#BDA84B #4BBDA8 #A84BBD

tetradic

#BDA84B #4BBD6F #4B60BD #BD4B99

square

#BDA84B #4BBD6F #4B60BD #BD4B99

split-complementary

#BDA84B #4B99BD #6F4BBD

monochromatic

#685C26 #948336 #BDA84B #CDBE78 #DED3A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BDA84B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#BDA84B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA84B

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA84B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA84B	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A441

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda84b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.116 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c181',
    500: '#bda84b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda84b;
$custom-light: #d4c181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda84b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.947,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73145,
    "c": 0.11558,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA84B

secondary

#99A2CB

accent

#6AD652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA84B

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

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