#BDA862#BDA862

#BDA862 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.093 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA862
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 98)
HSL	hsl(46, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(46, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 48.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, -1.78, 38.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 38.81, 92.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% -0.0052 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.093 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1947, 39.7075, 17.2580)
Luminance	0.3971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA862 #6277BD

analogous

#BD7B62 #BDA862 #A5BD62

triadic

#BDA862 #62BDA8 #A862BD

tetradic

#BDA862 #62BD7B #6277BD #BD62A5

square

#BDA862 #62BD7B #6277BD #BD62A5

split-complementary

#BDA862 #62A5BD #7B62BD

monochromatic

#746431 #9F8A43 #BDA862 #CFC08D #E1D8B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BDA862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#BDA862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA862

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA862	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)

#B5A55C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAC65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.093 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c190',
    500: '#bda862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda862;
$custom-light: #d3c190;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 40.807,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73444,
    "c": 0.09328,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA862

secondary

#ABB3D0

accent

#73D157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA862

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

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