#BDA022#BDA022

#BDA022 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.137 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA022
RGB	rgb(189, 160, 34)
HSL	hsl(49, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(49, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 82%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.58, -1.54, 63.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.58, 63.46, 91.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% -0.0117 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.137 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.8477, 36.0779, 6.6940)
Luminance	0.3608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA022 #223FBD

analogous

#BD5222 #BDA022 #8CBD22

triadic

#BDA022 #22BDA0 #A022BD

tetradic

#BDA022 #22BD52 #223FBD #BD228C

square

#BDA022 #22BD52 #223FBD #BD228C

split-complementary

#BDA022 #228CBD #5222BD

monochromatic

#55480F #897419 #BDA022 #DDBF40 #E6D073

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BDA022 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#BDA022 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA022

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA022	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA022	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A62B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda022;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 160, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.137 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bb6a',
    500: '#bda022',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda022;
$custom-light: #d5bb6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda022",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.774,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71144,
    "c": 0.1371,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA022

secondary

#6E80CD

accent

#5DEC3B

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA022

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

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