#BDA863#BDA863

#BDA863 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.092 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA863
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 99)
HSL	hsl(46, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(46, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 47.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, -1.68, 38.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 38.30, 92.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% -0.0048 0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.092 93)
XYZ	xyz(37.2422, 39.7265, 17.5082)
Luminance	0.3972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA863 #6378BD

analogous

#BD7B63 #BDA863 #A5BD63

triadic

#BDA863 #63BDA8 #A863BD

tetradic

#BDA863 #63BD7B #6378BD #BD63A5

square

#BDA863 #63BD7B #6378BD #BD63A5

split-complementary

#BDA863 #63A5BD #7B63BD

monochromatic

#746531 #9F8A43 #BDA863 #CFC08E #E1D8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BDA863 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#BDA863 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA863

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA863	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA863	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)

#B5A55D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAC66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda863;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.092 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c191',
    500: '#bda863',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda863;
$custom-light: #d3c191;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda863",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73459,
    "c": 0.09222,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.39725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA863

secondary

#ABB4D0

accent

#74D057

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA863

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

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