#BDA94B#BDA94B

#BDA94B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.116 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA94B
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 75)
HSL	hsl(49, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 60.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, -4.24, 50.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 50.24, 94.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% -0.015 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.116 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.4457, 39.7044, 12.3992)
Luminance	0.3970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA94B #4B5FBD

analogous

#BD704B #BDA94B #98BD4B

triadic

#BDA94B #4BBDA9 #A94BBD

tetradic

#BDA94B #4BBD70 #4B5FBD #BD4B98

square

#BDA94B #4BBD70 #4B5FBD #BD4B98

split-complementary

#BDA94B #4B98BD #704BBD

monochromatic

#685C26 #948436 #BDA94B #CDBE78 #DED4A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BDA94B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#BDA94B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA94B

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA94B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA94B	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)

#B8A541

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda94b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.116 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c281',
    500: '#bda94b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda94b;
$custom-light: #d4c281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda94b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.474,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73356,
    "c": 0.11641,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA94B

secondary

#99A2CB

accent

#69D652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA94B

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

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