#BDAA53#BDAA53

#BDAA53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.110 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAA53
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 83)
HSL	hsl(49, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 56.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.61, -4.17, 46.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.61, 46.85, 95.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.66% -0.0138 0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(73.66% 0.11 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.9237, 40.1944, 13.9953)
Luminance	0.4019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA53 #5366BD

analogous

#BD7553 #BDAA53 #9BBD53

triadic

#BDAA53 #53BDAA #AA53BD

tetradic

#BDAA53 #53BD75 #5366BD #BD539B

square

#BDAA53 #53BD75 #5366BD #BD539B

split-complementary

#BDAA53 #539BBD #7553BD

monochromatic

#6C6029 #98883A #BDAA53 #CEC07F #DFD6AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BDAA53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#BDAA53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA53

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA53	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)

#B9A64B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaa53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.110 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c386',
    500: '#bdaa53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa53;
$custom-light: #d3c386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.245,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73659,
    "c": 0.10999,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA53

secondary

#9FA7CD

accent

#6BD454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA53

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

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