#BDA96C#BDA96C

#BDA96C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.083 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA96C
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 108)
HSL	hsl(45, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(45, 43%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 42.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.67, -1.30, 34.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.67, 34.11, 92.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% -0.0028 0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.083 92)
XYZ	xyz(37.8820, 40.2789, 19.9636)
Luminance	0.4028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA96C #6C80BD

analogous

#BD806C #BDA96C #A8BD6C

triadic

#BDA96C #6CBDA9 #A96CBD

tetradic

#BDA96C #6CBD80 #6C80BD #BD6CA8

square

#BDA96C #6CBD80 #6C80BD #BD6CA8

split-complementary

#BDA96C #6CA8BD #806CBD

monochromatic

#786836 #A38D49 #BDA96C #D0C296 #E3DAC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BDA96C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#BDA96C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA96C

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA96C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA96C	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A767

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAD6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda96c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.083 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c297',
    500: '#bda96c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda96c;
$custom-light: #d2c297;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda96c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.185,
    "s": 38.028,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73812,
    "c": 0.08323,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.40277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA96C

secondary

#B2BAD3

accent

#77CE5A

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF7F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA96C

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

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