#BDAA52#BDAA52

#BDAA52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.111 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAA52
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 82)
HSL	hsl(49, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 56.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.60, -4.25, 47.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.60, 47.33, 95.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% -0.0141 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.111 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.8854, 40.1790, 13.7934)
Luminance	0.4018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA52 #5265BD

analogous

#BD7452 #BDAA52 #9ABD52

triadic

#BDAA52 #52BDAA #AA52BD

tetradic

#BDAA52 #52BD74 #5265BD #BD529A

square

#BDAA52 #52BD74 #5265BD #BD529A

split-complementary

#BDAA52 #529ABD #7452BD

monochromatic

#6C6029 #98873A #BDAA52 #CEC07E #DFD6AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BDAA52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#BDAA52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA52

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA52	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaa52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.111 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c385',
    500: '#bdaa52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa52;
$custom-light: #d3c385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.346,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73647,
    "c": 0.11092,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA52

secondary

#9EA7CC

accent

#6AD453

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA52

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

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