#BDA94F#BDA94F

#BDA94F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.113 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA94F
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 79)
HSL	hsl(49, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 58.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, -3.95, 48.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 48.39, 94.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% -0.0136 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.113 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.5869, 39.7609, 13.1431)
Luminance	0.3976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA94F #4F63BD

analogous

#BD724F #BDA94F #9ABD4F

triadic

#BDA94F #4FBDA9 #A94FBD

tetradic

#BDA94F #4FBD72 #4F63BD #BD4F9A

square

#BDA94F #4FBD72 #4F63BD #BD4F9A

split-complementary

#BDA94F #4F9ABD #724FBD

monochromatic

#6A5E28 #968538 #BDA94F #CEBF7C #DED4A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BDA94F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#BDA94F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA94F

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA94F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA94F	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)

#B8A546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda94f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.113 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c283',
    500: '#bda94f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda94f;
$custom-light: #d3c283;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda94f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73401,
    "c": 0.11285,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA94F

secondary

#9CA5CC

accent

#6AD553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA94F

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

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