#BDA85E#BDA85E

#BDA85E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.097 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA85E
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 94)
HSL	hsl(47, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(47, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 50.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.21, -2.16, 40.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.21, 40.80, 93.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.39% -0.0067 0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(73.39% 0.097 94)
XYZ	xyz(37.0105, 39.6338, 16.2881)
Luminance	0.3963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA85E #5E73BD

analogous

#BD785E #BDA85E #A2BD5E

triadic

#BDA85E #5EBDA8 #A85EBD

tetradic

#BDA85E #5EBD78 #5E73BD #BD5EA2

square

#BDA85E #5EBD78 #5E73BD #BD5EA2

split-complementary

#BDA85E #5EA2BD #785EBD

monochromatic

#72632F #9D8940 #BDA85E #CFBF89 #E1D7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BDA85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#BDA85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA85E

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA85E	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A558

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAC61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.097 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c18d',
    500: '#bda85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda85e;
$custom-light: #d3c18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.737,
    "s": 41.85,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73386,
    "c": 0.09744,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.39632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA85E

secondary

#A8B0CF

accent

#71D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA85E

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

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