#BDA94D#BDA94D

#BDA94D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.115 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA94D
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 77)
HSL	hsl(49, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 59.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, -4.10, 49.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 49.32, 94.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% -0.0143 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.115 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.5152, 39.7322, 12.7654)
Luminance	0.3973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA94D #4D61BD

analogous

#BD714D #BDA94D #99BD4D

triadic

#BDA94D #4DBDA9 #A94DBD

tetradic

#BDA94D #4DBD71 #4D61BD #BD4D99

square

#BDA94D #4DBD71 #4D61BD #BD4D99

split-complementary

#BDA94D #4D99BD #714DBD

monochromatic

#695D27 #958537 #BDA94D #CEBF7A #DED4A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BDA94D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#BDA94D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA94D

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA94D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA94D	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A544

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda94d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.115 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c282',
    500: '#bda94d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda94d;
$custom-light: #d4c282;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda94d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.286,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73378,
    "c": 0.11465,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA94D

secondary

#9AA3CB

accent

#6AD652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA94D

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

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