#BDA84D#BDA84D

#BDA84D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.114 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA84D
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 77)
HSL	hsl(49, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 59.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, -3.57, 48.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 48.98, 94.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.17% -0.0128 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(73.17% 0.114 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.3299, 39.3616, 12.7036)
Luminance	0.3936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA84D #4D62BD

analogous

#BD704D #BDA84D #9ABD4D

triadic

#BDA84D #4DBDA8 #A84DBD

tetradic

#BDA84D #4DBD70 #4D62BD #BD4D9A

square

#BDA84D #4DBD70 #4D62BD #BD4D9A

split-complementary

#BDA84D #4D9ABD #704DBD

monochromatic

#695C27 #958437 #BDA84D #CEBE7A #DED4A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BDA84D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#BDA84D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA84D

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA84D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA84D	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)

#B7A444

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda84d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.114 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c182',
    500: '#bda84d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda84d;
$custom-light: #d4c182;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda84d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73168,
    "c": 0.11382,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA84D

secondary

#9AA4CB

accent

#6BD652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA84D

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

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