#BDA84F#BDA84F

#BDA84F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.112 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA84F
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 79)
HSL	hsl(49, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 58.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, -3.42, 47.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 48.04, 94.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% -0.0121 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.112 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.4016, 39.3902, 13.0813)
Luminance	0.3939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA84F #4F64BD

analogous

#BD714F #BDA84F #9BBD4F

triadic

#BDA84F #4FBDA8 #A84FBD

tetradic

#BDA84F #4FBD71 #4F64BD #BD4F9B

square

#BDA84F #4FBD71 #4F64BD #BD4F9B

split-complementary

#BDA84F #4F9BBD #714FBD

monochromatic

#6A5D28 #968438 #BDA84F #CEBE7C #DED4A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BDA84F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#BDA84F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA84F

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA84F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA84F	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda84f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.112 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c183',
    500: '#bda84f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda84f;
$custom-light: #d3c183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda84f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.545,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73191,
    "c": 0.11203,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA84F

secondary

#9CA5CC

accent

#6CD553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA84F

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

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