#BDA84C#BDA84C

#BDA84C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.115 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA84C
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 76)
HSL	hsl(49, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 59.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, -3.64, 49.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 49.44, 94.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% -0.0131 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.115 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.2949, 39.3475, 12.5191)
Luminance	0.3935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA84C #4C61BD

analogous

#BD704C #BDA84C #99BD4C

triadic

#BDA84C #4CBDA8 #A84CBD

tetradic

#BDA84C #4CBD70 #4C61BD #BD4C99

square

#BDA84C #4CBD70 #4C61BD #BD4C99

split-complementary

#BDA84C #4C99BD #704CBD

monochromatic

#685C26 #958337 #BDA84C #CDBE79 #DED3A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BDA84C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#BDA84C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA84C

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA84C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA84C	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)

#B7A442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda84c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.115 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c181',
    500: '#bda84c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda84c;
$custom-light: #d4c181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda84c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.85,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73157,
    "c": 0.11471,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA84C

secondary

#9AA3CB

accent

#6BD652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA84C

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

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