#BDA856#BDA856

#BDA856 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.105 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA856
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 86)
HSL	hsl(48, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 54.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, -2.86, 44.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 44.71, 93.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% -0.0097 0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.105 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.6700, 39.4976, 14.4945)
Luminance	0.3950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA856 #566BBD

analogous

#BD7556 #BDA856 #9FBD56

triadic

#BDA856 #56BDA8 #A856BD

tetradic

#BDA856 #56BD75 #566BBD #BD569F

square

#BDA856 #56BD75 #566BBD #BD569F

split-complementary

#BDA856 #569FBD #7556BD

monochromatic

#6E602B #9A873C #BDA856 #CEBF82 #DFD5AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BDA856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#BDA856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA856

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA856	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)

#B6A54E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.105 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c188',
    500: '#bda856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda856;
$custom-light: #d3c188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.767,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73277,
    "c": 0.10544,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA856

secondary

#A1AACD

accent

#6ED454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA856

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

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