#BDA94E#BDA94E

#BDA94E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.114 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA94E
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 78)
HSL	hsl(49, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 58.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.29, -4.02, 48.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.29, 48.85, 94.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.39% -0.014 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(73.39% 0.114 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.5508, 39.7464, 12.9528)
Luminance	0.3975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA94E #4E62BD

analogous

#BD714E #BDA94E #9ABD4E

triadic

#BDA94E #4EBDA9 #A94EBD

tetradic

#BDA94E #4EBD71 #4E62BD #BD4E9A

square

#BDA94E #4EBD71 #4E62BD #BD4E9A

split-complementary

#BDA94E #4E9ABD #714EBD

monochromatic

#695D27 #968538 #BDA94E #CEBF7B #DED4A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BDA94E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#BDA94E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA94E

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA94E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA94E	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)

#B8A545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda94e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.114 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c283',
    500: '#bda94e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda94e;
$custom-light: #d3c283;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda94e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.189,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7339,
    "c": 0.11375,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA94E

secondary

#9BA4CC

accent

#6AD552

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA94E

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

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