#BDA94A#BDA94A

#BDA94A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.117 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA94A
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 74)
HSL	hsl(50, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 60.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, -4.31, 50.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 50.69, 94.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% -0.0153 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.117 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.4118, 39.6908, 12.2204)
Luminance	0.3969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA94A #4A5EBD

analogous

#BD704A #BDA94A #98BD4A

triadic

#BDA94A #4ABDA9 #A94ABD

tetradic

#BDA94A #4ABD70 #4A5EBD #BD4A98

square

#BDA94A #4ABD70 #4A5EBD #BD4A98

split-complementary

#BDA94A #4A98BD #704ABD

monochromatic

#675C26 #948436 #BDA94A #CDBE77 #DED4A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BDA94A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#BDA94A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA94A

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA94A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA94A	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)

#B8A540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda94a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.117 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c280',
    500: '#bda94a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda94a;
$custom-light: #d4c280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda94a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73345,
    "c": 0.11727,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA94A

secondary

#98A1CB

accent

#69D652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA94A

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

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