#BDA950#BDA950

#BDA950 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.112 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA950
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 80)
HSL	hsl(49, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 57.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, -3.87, 47.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 47.92, 94.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% -0.0133 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.112 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.6236, 39.7756, 13.3362)
Luminance	0.3977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA950 #5064BD

analogous

#BD7350 #BDA950 #9ABD50

triadic

#BDA950 #50BDA9 #A950BD

tetradic

#BDA950 #50BD73 #5064BD #BD509A

square

#BDA950 #50BD73 #5064BD #BD509A

split-complementary

#BDA950 #509ABD #7350BD

monochromatic

#6A5E28 #978639 #BDA950 #CEBF7C #DFD5A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BDA950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#BDA950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA950

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA950	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)

#B8A547

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.112 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c284',
    500: '#bda950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda950;
$custom-light: #d3c284;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.991,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73413,
    "c": 0.11193,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA950

secondary

#9DA5CC

accent

#6BD553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA950

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

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