#BDA036#BDA036

#BDA036 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.126 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA036
RGB	rgb(189, 160, 54)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.69, -0.72, 56.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.69, 56.51, 90.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.27% -0.0074 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(71.27% 0.126 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2247, 36.2287, 8.6795)
Luminance	0.3623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA036 #3653BD

analogous

#BD5C36 #BDA036 #97BD36

triadic

#BDA036 #36BDA0 #A036BD

tetradic

#BDA036 #36BD5C #3653BD #BD3697

square

#BDA036 #36BD5C #3653BD #BD3697

split-complementary

#BDA036 #3697BD #5C36BD

monochromatic

#5E4F1B #8D7828 #BDA036 #D1B95F #DFCE8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BDA036 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#BDA036 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA036

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA036	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA036	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 160, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.126 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bb73',
    500: '#bda036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda036;
$custom-light: #d5bb73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.111,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71271,
    "c": 0.12601,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA036

secondary

#8594C9

accent

#69DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA036

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

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