#BDA850#BDA850

#BDA850 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.111 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA850
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 80)
HSL	hsl(48, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 57.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, -3.34, 47.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 47.57, 94.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% -0.0118 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.111 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.4383, 39.4049, 13.2744)
Luminance	0.3940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA850 #5065BD

analogous

#BD7150 #BDA850 #9CBD50

triadic

#BDA850 #50BDA8 #A850BD

tetradic

#BDA850 #50BD71 #5065BD #BD509C

square

#BDA850 #50BD71 #5065BD #BD509C

split-complementary

#BDA850 #509CBD #7150BD

monochromatic

#6A5E28 #978539 #BDA850 #CEBE7C #DFD4A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BDA850 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#BDA850 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA850

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA850	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA850	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	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)

#B7A547

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda850;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.111 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c184',
    500: '#bda850',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda850;
$custom-light: #d3c184;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda850",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.44,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73202,
    "c": 0.1111,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA850

secondary

#9DA6CC

accent

#6CD553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA850

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

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