#BDA96D#BDA96D

#BDA96D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.082 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA96D
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 109)
HSL	hsl(45, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(45, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 42.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.68, -1.19, 33.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.68, 33.60, 92.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% -0.0024 0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.082 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9355, 40.3003, 20.2455)
Luminance	0.4030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA96D #6D81BD

analogous

#BD816D #BDA96D #A9BD6D

triadic

#BDA96D #6DBDA9 #A96DBD

tetradic

#BDA96D #6DBD81 #6D81BD #BD6DA9

square

#BDA96D #6DBD81 #6D81BD #BD6DA9

split-complementary

#BDA96D #6DA9BD #816DBD

monochromatic

#796837 #A38D4A #BDA96D #D0C297 #E3DBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BDA96D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#BDA96D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA96D

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA96D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA96D	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)

#B5A768

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAD6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda96d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.082 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c297',
    500: '#bda96d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda96d;
$custom-light: #d2c297;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda96d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 37.736,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73829,
    "c": 0.08211,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA96D

secondary

#B3BBD3

accent

#77CE5A

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF7F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA96D

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

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