#BDA956#BDA956

#BDA956 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.106 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA956
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 86)
HSL	hsl(48, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 54.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, -3.39, 44.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 45.06, 94.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% -0.0112 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.106 96)
XYZ	xyz(36.8553, 39.8682, 14.5563)
Luminance	0.3987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA956 #566ABD

analogous

#BD7656 #BDA956 #9EBD56

triadic

#BDA956 #56BDA9 #A956BD

tetradic

#BDA956 #56BD76 #566ABD #BD569E

square

#BDA956 #56BD76 #566ABD #BD569E

split-complementary

#BDA956 #569EBD #7656BD

monochromatic

#6E612B #9A883C #BDA956 #CEBF82 #DFD6AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BDA956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#BDA956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA956

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA956	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A64E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.106 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c288',
    500: '#bda956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda956;
$custom-light: #d3c288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.35,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73487,
    "c": 0.10627,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.39867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA956

secondary

#A1AACD

accent

#6DD454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA956

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

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