#BDA95F#BDA95F

#BDA95F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.097 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA95F
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 95)
HSL	hsl(47, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(47, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 49.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, -2.60, 40.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 40.66, 93.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% -0.0079 0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.097 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.2410, 40.0225, 16.5877)
Luminance	0.4002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA95F #5F73BD

analogous

#BD7A5F #BDA95F #A2BD5F

triadic

#BDA95F #5FBDA9 #A95FBD

tetradic

#BDA95F #5FBD7A #5F73BD #BD5FA2

square

#BDA95F #5FBD7A #5F73BD #BD5FA2

split-complementary

#BDA95F #5FA2BD #7A5FBD

monochromatic

#72642F #9E8A41 #BDA95F #CFC08A #E1D8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BDA95F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#BDA95F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA95F

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA95F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA95F	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)

#B7A659

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda95f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.097 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c28e',
    500: '#bda95f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda95f;
$custom-light: #d3c28e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda95f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.234,
    "s": 41.593,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73609,
    "c": 0.09724,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA95F

secondary

#A8B1CF

accent

#71D156

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA95F

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

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