#BDA860#BDA860

#BDA860 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.095 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA860
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 96)
HSL	hsl(46, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(46, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 49.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, -1.97, 39.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 39.80, 92.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% -0.006 0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.095 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.1014, 39.6702, 16.7669)
Luminance	0.3967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA860 #6075BD

analogous

#BD7960 #BDA860 #A3BD60

triadic

#BDA860 #60BDA8 #A860BD

tetradic

#BDA860 #60BD79 #6075BD #BD60A3

square

#BDA860 #60BD79 #6075BD #BD60A3

split-complementary

#BDA860 #60A3BD #7960BD

monochromatic

#736430 #9E8942 #BDA860 #CFC08B #E1D7B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BDA860 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#BDA860 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA860

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA860	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA860	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)

#B6A55A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAC63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda860;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.095 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c18e',
    500: '#bda860',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda860;
$custom-light: #d3c18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda860",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.452,
    "s": 41.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73415,
    "c": 0.09538,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA860

secondary

#A9B2D0

accent

#72D157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA860

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

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