#BDA960#BDA960

#BDA960 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.096 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA960
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 96)
HSL	hsl(47, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(47, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 49.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.50, -2.51, 40.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.50, 40.16, 93.58°)
OKLab	oklab(73.62% -0.0075 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(73.62% 0.096 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.2867, 40.0408, 16.8286)
Luminance	0.4004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA960 #6074BD

analogous

#BD7A60 #BDA960 #A2BD60

triadic

#BDA960 #60BDA9 #A960BD

tetradic

#BDA960 #60BD7A #6074BD #BD60A2

square

#BDA960 #60BD7A #6074BD #BD60A2

split-complementary

#BDA960 #60A2BD #7A60BD

monochromatic

#736430 #9E8A42 #BDA960 #CFC08B #E1D8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BDA960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#BDA960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA960

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA960	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A65A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.096 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c28f',
    500: '#bda960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda960;
$custom-light: #d3c28f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.097,
    "s": 41.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73624,
    "c": 0.0962,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA960

secondary

#A9B1D0

accent

#71D157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA960

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

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