#BDA951#BDA951

#BDA951 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.111 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA951
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 81)
HSL	hsl(49, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 57.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, -3.79, 47.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 47.45, 94.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% -0.0129 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.111 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.6608, 39.7904, 13.5322)
Luminance	0.3979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA951 #5165BD

analogous

#BD7351 #BDA951 #9BBD51

triadic

#BDA951 #51BDA9 #A951BD

tetradic

#BDA951 #51BD73 #5165BD #BD519B

square

#BDA951 #51BD73 #5165BD #BD519B

split-complementary

#BDA951 #519BBD #7351BD

monochromatic

#6B5F29 #978639 #BDA951 #CEBF7D #DFD5AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BDA951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#BDA951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA951

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA951	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A548

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.111 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c285',
    500: '#bda951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda951;
$custom-light: #d3c285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.889,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73425,
    "c": 0.11101,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA951

secondary

#9EA6CC

accent

#6BD553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA951

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

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