#BDA96B#BDA96B

#BDA96B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.084 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA96B
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 107)
HSL	hsl(45, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(45, 43%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 43.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, -1.40, 34.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 34.62, 92.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% -0.0032 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.084 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.8291, 40.2577, 19.6849)
Luminance	0.4026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA96B #6B7FBD

analogous

#BD806B #BDA96B #A8BD6B

triadic

#BDA96B #6BBDA9 #A96BBD

tetradic

#BDA96B #6BBD80 #6B7FBD #BD6BA8

square

#BDA96B #6BBD80 #6B7FBD #BD6BA8

split-complementary

#BDA96B #6BA8BD #806BBD

monochromatic

#786836 #A28C48 #BDA96B #D0C295 #E3DAC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BDA96B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#BDA96B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA96B

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA96B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA96B	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)

#B6A766

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAD6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda96b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.084 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c296',
    500: '#bda96b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda96b;
$custom-light: #d2c296;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda96b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.366,
    "s": 38.318,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73795,
    "c": 0.08434,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA96B

secondary

#B2BAD2

accent

#76CE5A

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF7F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA96B

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

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