#BDA952#BDA952

#BDA952 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.110 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA952
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 82)
HSL	hsl(49, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 56.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, -3.72, 46.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 46.97, 94.54°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% -0.0126 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.11 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.6986, 39.8055, 13.7312)
Luminance	0.3980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA952 #5266BD

analogous

#BD7352 #BDA952 #9BBD52

triadic

#BDA952 #52BDA9 #A952BD

tetradic

#BDA952 #52BD73 #5266BD #BD529B

square

#BDA952 #52BD73 #5266BD #BD529B

split-complementary

#BDA952 #529BBD #7352BD

monochromatic

#6C5F29 #98863A #BDA952 #CEBF7E #DFD5AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BDA952 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#BDA952 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA952

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA952	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA952	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)

#B8A54A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda952;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.110 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c285',
    500: '#bda952',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda952;
$custom-light: #d3c285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda952",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.785,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73437,
    "c": 0.11008,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA952

secondary

#9EA7CC

accent

#6BD453

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA952

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

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