#BDA033#BDA033

#BDA033 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.128 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA033
RGB	rgb(189, 160, 51)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 73%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.67, -0.87, 57.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.67, 57.68, 90.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.25% -0.0081 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(71.25% 0.128 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.1564, 36.2014, 8.3198)
Luminance	0.3620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA033 #3350BD

analogous

#BD5B33 #BDA033 #95BD33

triadic

#BDA033 #33BDA0 #A033BD

tetradic

#BDA033 #33BD5B #3350BD #BD3395

square

#BDA033 #33BD5B #3350BD #BD3395

split-complementary

#BDA033 #3395BD #5B33BD

monochromatic

#5D4E19 #8D7726 #BDA033 #D3B95B #E0CE8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BDA033 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#BDA033 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA033

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA033	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA033	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A639

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda033;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 160, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.128 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bb72',
    500: '#bda033',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda033;
$custom-light: #d5bb72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda033",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.391,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71248,
    "c": 0.12796,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA033

secondary

#8291CA

accent

#67E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA033

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

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