#BDA02C#BDA02C

#BDA02C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.132 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA02C
RGB	rgb(189, 160, 44)
HSL	hsl(48, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 76.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.63, -1.18, 60.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.63, 60.25, 91.12°)
OKLab	oklab(71.2% -0.0098 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(71.2% 0.132 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.0136, 36.1442, 7.5674)
Luminance	0.3614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA02C #2C49BD

analogous

#BD572C #BDA02C #91BD2C

triadic

#BDA02C #2CBDA0 #A02CBD

tetradic

#BDA02C #2CBD57 #2C49BD #BD2C91

square

#BDA02C #2CBD57 #2C49BD #BD2C91

split-complementary

#BDA02C #2C91BD #572CBD

monochromatic

#5A4C15 #8B7620 #BDA02C #D6BB50 #E2CF82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BDA02C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#BDA02C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA02C

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA02C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA02C	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A633

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda02c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 160, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.132 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bb6e',
    500: '#bda02c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda02c;
$custom-light: #d5bb6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda02c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.712,
    "c": 0.13212,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA02C

secondary

#7A8ACB

accent

#63E542

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA02C

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

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