#BDA85C#BDA85C

#BDA85C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.099 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA85C
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 92)
HSL	hsl(47, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(47, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 51.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.18, -2.34, 41.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.18, 41.79, 93.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% -0.0075 0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.099 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.9219, 39.5984, 15.8215)
Luminance	0.3960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA85C #5C71BD

analogous

#BD775C #BDA85C #A2BD5C

triadic

#BDA85C #5CBDA8 #A85CBD

tetradic

#BDA85C #5CBD77 #5C71BD #BD5CA2

square

#BDA85C #5CBD77 #5C71BD #BD5CA2

split-complementary

#BDA85C #5CA2BD #775CBD

monochromatic

#71622E #9C883F #BDA85C #CFBF88 #E0D7B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BDA85C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#BDA85C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA85C

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA85C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA85C	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	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)

#B6A555

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAC5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda85c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.099 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c18c',
    500: '#bda85c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda85c;
$custom-light: #d3c18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda85c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.01,
    "s": 42.358,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73357,
    "c": 0.09949,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA85C

secondary

#A6AFCF

accent

#71D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA85C

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

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