#BDA85A#BDA85A

#BDA85A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.102 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA85A
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 90)
HSL	hsl(47, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(47, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 52.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, -2.52, 42.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 42.77, 93.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% -0.0082 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.102 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.8357, 39.5638, 15.3672)
Luminance	0.3956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA85A #5A6FBD

analogous

#BD775A #BDA85A #A0BD5A

triadic

#BDA85A #5ABDA8 #A85ABD

tetradic

#BDA85A #5ABD77 #5A6FBD #BD5AA0

square

#BDA85A #5ABD77 #5A6FBD #BD5AA0

split-complementary

#BDA85A #5AA0BD #775ABD

monochromatic

#70622D #9C883E #BDA85A #CEBF86 #E0D6B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BDA85A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#BDA85A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA85A

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA85A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA85A	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A553

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda85a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.102 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c18a',
    500: '#bda85a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda85a;
$custom-light: #d3c18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda85a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.273,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7333,
    "c": 0.1015,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA85A

secondary

#A5ADCE

accent

#70D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA85A

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

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