#BDA95D#BDA95D

#BDA95D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.099 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA95D
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 93)
HSL	hsl(48, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(48, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 50.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, -2.78, 41.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 41.65, 93.83°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% -0.0086 0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.099 95)
XYZ	xyz(37.1513, 39.9866, 16.1151)
Luminance	0.3998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA95D #5D71BD

analogous

#BD795D #BDA95D #A1BD5D

triadic

#BDA95D #5DBDA9 #A95DBD

tetradic

#BDA95D #5DBD79 #5D71BD #BD5DA1

square

#BDA95D #5DBD79 #5D71BD #BD5DA1

split-complementary

#BDA95D #5DA1BD #795DBD

monochromatic

#71632E #9D8A40 #BDA95D #CFC088 #E0D7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BDA95D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#BDA95D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA95D

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA95D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA95D	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A656

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda95d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.099 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c28c',
    500: '#bda95d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda95d;
$custom-light: #d3c28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda95d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.5,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73581,
    "c": 0.0993,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.39985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA95D

secondary

#A7AFCF

accent

#70D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA95D

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

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