#BDA861#BDA861

#BDA861 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.094 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA861
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 97)
HSL	hsl(46, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(46, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 48.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, -1.88, 39.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 39.31, 92.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% -0.0056 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.094 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.1478, 39.6887, 17.0109)
Luminance	0.3969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA861 #6176BD

analogous

#BD7A61 #BDA861 #A4BD61

triadic

#BDA861 #61BDA8 #A861BD

tetradic

#BDA861 #61BD7A #6176BD #BD61A4

square

#BDA861 #61BD7A #6176BD #BD61A4

split-complementary

#BDA861 #61A4BD #7A61BD

monochromatic

#736430 #9F8942 #BDA861 #CFC08C #E1D8B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BDA861 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#BDA861 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA861

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA861	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA861	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A55B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAC64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda861;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.094 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c18f',
    500: '#bda861',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda861;
$custom-light: #d3c18f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda861",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.304,
    "s": 41.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73429,
    "c": 0.09433,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA861

secondary

#AAB3D0

accent

#73D157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA861

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

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