#BDA84E#BDA84E

#BDA84E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.113 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA84E
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 78)
HSL	hsl(49, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 58.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, -3.49, 48.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 48.51, 94.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.18% -0.0124 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(73.18% 0.113 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.3655, 39.3758, 12.8910)
Luminance	0.3937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA84E #4E63BD

analogous

#BD714E #BDA84E #9ABD4E

triadic

#BDA84E #4EBDA8 #A84EBD

tetradic

#BDA84E #4EBD71 #4E63BD #BD4E9A

square

#BDA84E #4EBD71 #4E63BD #BD4E9A

split-complementary

#BDA84E #4E9ABD #714EBD

monochromatic

#695D27 #968438 #BDA84E #CEBE7B #DED4A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BDA84E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#BDA84E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA84E

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA84E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA84E	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)

#B7A445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda84e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.113 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c183',
    500: '#bda84e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda84e;
$custom-light: #d3c183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda84e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.649,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73179,
    "c": 0.11293,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA84E

secondary

#9BA4CC

accent

#6BD552

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA84E

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

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