#BDA953#BDA953

#BDA953 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.109 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA953
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 83)
HSL	hsl(49, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 56.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, -3.64, 46.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 46.50, 94.49°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% -0.0123 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.109 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.7369, 39.8209, 13.9330)
Luminance	0.3982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA953 #5367BD

analogous

#BD7453 #BDA953 #9CBD53

triadic

#BDA953 #53BDA9 #A953BD

tetradic

#BDA953 #53BD74 #5367BD #BD539C

square

#BDA953 #53BD74 #5367BD #BD539C

split-complementary

#BDA953 #539CBD #7453BD

monochromatic

#6C6029 #98873A #BDA953 #CEBF7F #DFD5AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BDA953 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#BDA953 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA953

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA953	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA953	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)

#B8A64B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda953;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.109 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c286',
    500: '#bda953',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda953;
$custom-light: #d3c286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda953",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.679,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73449,
    "c": 0.10914,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA953

secondary

#9FA8CD

accent

#6CD454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA953

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

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