#BDA949#BDA949

#BDA949 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.118 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA949
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 73)
HSL	hsl(50, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 61.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, -4.38, 50.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 51.14, 94.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% -0.0156 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.118 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.3783, 39.6774, 12.0444)
Luminance	0.3968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA949 #495DBD

analogous

#BD6F49 #BDA949 #97BD49

triadic

#BDA949 #49BDA9 #A949BD

tetradic

#BDA949 #49BD6F #495DBD #BD4997

square

#BDA949 #49BD6F #495DBD #BD4997

split-complementary

#BDA949 #4997BD #6F49BD

monochromatic

#665B25 #938335 #BDA949 #CDBE76 #DED3A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BDA949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#BDA949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA949

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA949	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)

#B8A53F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.118 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c27f',
    500: '#bda949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda949;
$custom-light: #d4c27f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.655,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73335,
    "c": 0.11813,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA949

secondary

#97A0CA

accent

#68D651

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA949

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

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