#BDA037#BDA037

#BDA037 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.125 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA037
RGB	rgb(189, 160, 55)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.70, -0.67, 56.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.70, 56.11, 90.69°)
OKLab	oklab(71.28% -0.0071 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(71.28% 0.125 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.2485, 36.2382, 8.8044)
Luminance	0.3624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA037 #3754BD

analogous

#BD5D37 #BDA037 #97BD37

triadic

#BDA037 #37BDA0 #A037BD

tetradic

#BDA037 #37BD5D #3754BD #BD3797

square

#BDA037 #37BD5D #3754BD #BD3797

split-complementary

#BDA037 #3797BD #5D37BD

monochromatic

#5E501B #8E7829 #BDA037 #D1B860 #DFCE90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BDA037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#BDA037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA037

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA037	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)

#B19D28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 160, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.125 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bb74',
    500: '#bda037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda037;
$custom-light: #d5bb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.015,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71279,
    "c": 0.12533,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA037

secondary

#8695C9

accent

#6ADE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA037

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

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