#BDA030#BDA030

#BDA030 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.130 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA030
RGB	rgb(189, 160, 48)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 74.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.65, -1.01, 58.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.65, 58.81, 90.98°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% -0.0089 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.13 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.0924, 36.1758, 7.9827)
Luminance	0.3617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA030 #304DBD

analogous

#BD5A30 #BDA030 #94BD30

triadic

#BDA030 #30BDA0 #A030BD

tetradic

#BDA030 #30BD5A #304DBD #BD3094

square

#BDA030 #30BD5A #304DBD #BD3094

split-complementary

#BDA030 #3094BD #5A30BD

monochromatic

#5B4D17 #8C7724 #BDA030 #D4BA56 #E0CE87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BDA030 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#BDA030 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA030

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA030	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA030	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)

#B19D1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda030;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 160, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.130 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bb70',
    500: '#bda030',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda030;
$custom-light: #d5bb70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda030",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.66,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71226,
    "c": 0.12981,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA030

secondary

#7F8ECA

accent

#66E345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA030

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

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