#BDA85D#BDA85D

#BDA85D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.098 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA85D
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 93)
HSL	hsl(47, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(47, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 50.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, -2.25, 41.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 41.29, 93.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% -0.0071 0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.098 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.9659, 39.6160, 16.0533)
Luminance	0.3961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA85D #5D72BD

analogous

#BD785D #BDA85D #A2BD5D

triadic

#BDA85D #5DBDA8 #A85DBD

tetradic

#BDA85D #5DBD78 #5D72BD #BD5DA2

square

#BDA85D #5DBD78 #5D72BD #BD5DA2

split-complementary

#BDA85D #5DA2BD #785DBD

monochromatic

#71632E #9D8940 #BDA85D #CFBF88 #E0D7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BDA85D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#BDA85D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA85D

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA85D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA85D	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)

#B6A557

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAC60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda85d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.098 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c18c',
    500: '#bda85d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda85d;
$custom-light: #d3c18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda85d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.875,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73371,
    "c": 0.09848,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA85D

secondary

#A7B0CF

accent

#71D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA85D

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

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