#BDAA48#BDAA48

#BDAA48 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.120 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAA48
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 72)
HSL	hsl(50, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 61.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.50, -4.98, 51.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.50, 51.94, 95.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.54% -0.0174 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(73.54% 0.12 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.5322, 40.0378, 11.9334)
Luminance	0.4004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA48 #485BBD

analogous

#BD6F48 #BDAA48 #95BD48

triadic

#BDAA48 #48BDAA #AA48BD

tetradic

#BDAA48 #48BD6F #485BBD #BD4895

square

#BDAA48 #48BD6F #485BBD #BD4895

split-complementary

#BDAA48 #4895BD #6F48BD

monochromatic

#665B25 #938435 #BDAA48 #CDBF75 #DDD4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BDAA48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#BDAA48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA48

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA48	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A63D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaa48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.120 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c37f',
    500: '#bdaa48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa48;
$custom-light: #d4c37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.256,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73535,
    "c": 0.11981,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA48

secondary

#979FCA

accent

#67D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA48

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

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