#BDA95E#BDA95E

#BDA95E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.098 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA95E
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 94)
HSL	hsl(47, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(47, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 50.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.47, -2.69, 41.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.47, 41.15, 93.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% -0.0083 0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.098 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.1958, 40.0044, 16.3499)
Luminance	0.4000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA95E #5E72BD

analogous

#BD795E #BDA95E #A2BD5E

triadic

#BDA95E #5EBDA9 #A95EBD

tetradic

#BDA95E #5EBD79 #5E72BD #BD5EA2

square

#BDA95E #5EBD79 #5E72BD #BD5EA2

split-complementary

#BDA95E #5EA2BD #795EBD

monochromatic

#72642F #9D8A40 #BDA95E #CFC089 #E1D7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BDA95E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#BDA95E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA95E

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA95E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA95E	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)

#B7A658

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda95e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.098 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c28d',
    500: '#bda95e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda95e;
$custom-light: #d3c28d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda95e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 41.85,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73595,
    "c": 0.09828,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA95E

secondary

#A8B0CF

accent

#70D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA95E

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

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