#BDA85B#BDA85B

#BDA85B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.101 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA85B
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 91)
HSL	hsl(47, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(47, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 51.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, -2.43, 42.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 42.28, 93.29°)
OKLab	oklab(73.34% -0.0078 0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(73.34% 0.101 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.8785, 39.5810, 15.5928)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA85B #5B70BD

analogous

#BD775B #BDA85B #A1BD5B

triadic

#BDA85B #5BBDA8 #A85BBD

tetradic

#BDA85B #5BBD77 #5B70BD #BD5BA1

square

#BDA85B #5BBD77 #5B70BD #BD5BA1

split-complementary

#BDA85B #5BA1BD #775BBD

monochromatic

#70622D #9C883F #BDA85B #CFBF87 #E0D6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BDA85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#BDA85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA85B

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA85B	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A554

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.101 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c18b',
    500: '#bda85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda85b;
$custom-light: #d3c18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73343,
    "c": 0.1005,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA85B

secondary

#A5AECF

accent

#70D255

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA85B

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

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