#BDA852#BDA852

#BDA852 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.109 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA852
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 82)
HSL	hsl(48, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 56.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, -3.19, 46.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 46.63, 93.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% -0.0111 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.109 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.5133, 39.4349, 13.6694)
Luminance	0.3943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA852 #5267BD

analogous

#BD7252 #BDA852 #9DBD52

triadic

#BDA852 #52BDA8 #A852BD

tetradic

#BDA852 #52BD72 #5267BD #BD529D

square

#BDA852 #52BD72 #5267BD #BD529D

split-complementary

#BDA852 #529DBD #7252BD

monochromatic

#6C5F29 #98853A #BDA852 #CEBE7E #DFD5AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BDA852 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#BDA852 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA852

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA852	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA852	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A54A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda852;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.109 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c185',
    500: '#bda852',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda852;
$custom-light: #d3c185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda852",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.224,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73227,
    "c": 0.10925,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA852

secondary

#9EA7CC

accent

#6DD453

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA852

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

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