#BDA85F#BDA85F

#BDA85F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.096 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA85F
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 95)
HSL	hsl(47, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(47, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 49.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.22, -2.07, 40.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.22, 40.30, 92.94°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% -0.0063 0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.096 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.0557, 39.6519, 16.5259)
Luminance	0.3965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA85F #5F74BD

analogous

#BD795F #BDA85F #A3BD5F

triadic

#BDA85F #5FBDA8 #A85FBD

tetradic

#BDA85F #5FBD79 #5F74BD #BD5FA3

square

#BDA85F #5FBD79 #5F74BD #BD5FA3

split-complementary

#BDA85F #5FA3BD #795FBD

monochromatic

#72632F #9E8941 #BDA85F #CFC08A #E1D7B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BDA85F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#BDA85F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA85F

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA85F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA85F	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)

#B6A559

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAC62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda85f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.096 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c18e',
    500: '#bda85f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda85f;
$custom-light: #d3c18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda85f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.596,
    "s": 41.593,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.734,
    "c": 0.09641,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA85F

secondary

#A8B1CF

accent

#72D156

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA85F

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

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