#BDA945#BDA945

#BDA945 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.121 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA945
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 69)
HSL	hsl(50, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 63.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, -4.65, 52.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 52.93, 95.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% -0.0168 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.121 98)
XYZ	xyz(36.2500, 39.6261, 11.3682)
Luminance	0.3962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA945 #4559BD

analogous

#BD6D45 #BDA945 #95BD45

triadic

#BDA945 #45BDA9 #A945BD

tetradic

#BDA945 #45BD6D #4559BD #BD4595

square

#BDA945 #45BD6D #4559BD #BD4595

split-complementary

#BDA945 #4595BD #6D45BD

monochromatic

#645924 #918234 #BDA945 #CDBE72 #DDD39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BDA945 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#BDA945 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA945

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA945	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA945	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A539

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda945;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.121 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c27d',
    500: '#bda945',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda945;
$custom-light: #d4c27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda945",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73294,
    "c": 0.12146,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.39624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA945

secondary

#949DCA

accent

#67D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA945

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

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