#BDA969#BDA969

#BDA969 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.087 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA969
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 105)
HSL	hsl(46, 39%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(46, 44%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 44.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, -1.61, 35.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 35.63, 92.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% -0.004 0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.087 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.7251, 40.2161, 19.1372)
Luminance	0.4022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA969 #697DBD

analogous

#BD7F69 #BDA969 #A7BD69

triadic

#BDA969 #69BDA9 #A969BD

tetradic

#BDA969 #69BD7F #697DBD #BD69A7

square

#BDA969 #69BD7F #697DBD #BD69A7

split-complementary

#BDA969 #69A7BD #7F69BD

monochromatic

#776734 #A28C47 #BDA969 #D0C193 #E2DABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BDA969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#BDA969 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA969

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA969	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A764

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAD6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.087 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c295',
    500: '#bda969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda969;
$custom-light: #d2c295;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 38.889,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73763,
    "c": 0.08655,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA969

secondary

#B0B8D2

accent

#75CF59

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF7F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA969

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

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