#BDA96A#BDA96A

#BDA96A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.085 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA96A
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 106)
HSL	hsl(46, 39%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(46, 44%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 43.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.64, -1.51, 35.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.64, 35.12, 92.46°)
OKLab	oklab(73.78% -0.0036 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(73.78% 0.085 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.7768, 40.2368, 19.4095)
Luminance	0.4023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA96A #6A7EBD

analogous

#BD7F6A #BDA96A #A8BD6A

triadic

#BDA96A #6ABDA9 #A96ABD

tetradic

#BDA96A #6ABD7F #6A7EBD #BD6AA8

square

#BDA96A #6ABD7F #6A7EBD #BD6AA8

split-complementary

#BDA96A #6AA8BD #7F6ABD

monochromatic

#786835 #A28C48 #BDA96A #D0C194 #E3DABF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BDA96A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#BDA96A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA96A

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA96A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA96A	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A765

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAD6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda96a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.085 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c295',
    500: '#bda96a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda96a;
$custom-light: #d2c295;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda96a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.542,
    "s": 38.605,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73779,
    "c": 0.08545,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA96A

secondary

#B1B9D2

accent

#76CF59

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF7F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA96A

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

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