#BDA855#BDA855

#BDA855 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.106 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA855
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 85)
HSL	hsl(48, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 55%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, -2.94, 45.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 45.20, 93.73°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% -0.01 0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.106 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.6300, 39.4816, 14.2838)
Luminance	0.3948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA855 #556ABD

analogous

#BD7455 #BDA855 #9EBD55

triadic

#BDA855 #55BDA8 #A855BD

tetradic

#BDA855 #55BD74 #556ABD #BD559E

square

#BDA855 #55BD74 #556ABD #BD559E

split-complementary

#BDA855 #559EBD #7455BD

monochromatic

#6D602A #99863C #BDA855 #CEBF81 #DFD5AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BDA855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#BDA855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA855

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA855	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.106 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c187',
    500: '#bda855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda855;
$custom-light: #d3c187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.885,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73264,
    "c": 0.10641,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA855

secondary

#A1AACD

accent

#6ED454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA855

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

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