#BDA963#BDA963

#BDA963 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.093 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA963
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 99)
HSL	hsl(47, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(47, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 47.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, -2.22, 38.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 38.66, 93.29°)
OKLab	oklab(73.67% -0.0064 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(73.67% 0.093 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.4275, 40.0971, 17.5700)
Luminance	0.4010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA963 #6377BD

analogous

#BD7C63 #BDA963 #A4BD63

triadic

#BDA963 #63BDA9 #A963BD

tetradic

#BDA963 #63BD7C #6377BD #BD63A4

square

#BDA963 #63BD7C #6377BD #BD63A4

split-complementary

#BDA963 #63A4BD #7C63BD

monochromatic

#746531 #9F8B43 #BDA963 #CFC18E #E1D8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BDA963 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#BDA963 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA963

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA963	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA963	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)

#B6A65D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAD66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda963;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.093 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c291',
    500: '#bda963',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda963;
$custom-light: #d3c291;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda963",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73668,
    "c": 0.09304,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA963

secondary

#ABB4D0

accent

#72D057

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA963

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

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