#BDAA54#BDAA54

#BDAA54 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.109 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAA54
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 84)
HSL	hsl(49, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 55.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, -4.09, 46.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 46.38, 95.06°)
OKLab	oklab(73.67% -0.0134 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(73.67% 0.109 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.9626, 40.2099, 14.2001)
Luminance	0.4021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA54 #5467BD

analogous

#BD7554 #BDAA54 #9BBD54

triadic

#BDAA54 #54BDAA #AA54BD

tetradic

#BDAA54 #54BD75 #5467BD #BD549B

square

#BDAA54 #54BD75 #5467BD #BD549B

split-complementary

#BDAA54 #549BBD #7554BD

monochromatic

#6D612A #99883B #BDAA54 #CEC080 #DFD6AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BDAA54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#BDAA54 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA54

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA54	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)

#B9A64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaa54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.109 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c387',
    500: '#bdaa54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa54;
$custom-light: #d3c387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.143,
    "s": 44.304,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73672,
    "c": 0.10904,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA54

secondary

#A0A8CD

accent

#6BD454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA54

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

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