#BDA962#BDA962

#BDA962 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.094 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA962
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 98)
HSL	hsl(47, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(47, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 48.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.53, -2.31, 39.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.53, 39.16, 93.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% -0.0068 0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.094 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.3800, 40.0781, 17.3198)
Luminance	0.4008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA962 #6276BD

analogous

#BD7C62 #BDA962 #A4BD62

triadic

#BDA962 #62BDA9 #A962BD

tetradic

#BDA962 #62BD7C #6276BD #BD62A4

square

#BDA962 #62BD7C #6276BD #BD62A4

split-complementary

#BDA962 #62A4BD #7C62BD

monochromatic

#746531 #9F8B43 #BDA962 #CFC18D #E1D8B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BDA962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#BDA962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA962

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA962	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A65C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.094 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c290',
    500: '#bda962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda962;
$custom-light: #d3c290;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.813,
    "s": 40.807,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73653,
    "c": 0.0941,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA962

secondary

#ABB3D0

accent

#72D157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA962

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

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