#BDA03B#BDA03B

#BDA03B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.123 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA03B
RGB	rgb(189, 160, 59)
HSL	hsl(47, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 68.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.73, -0.46, 54.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.73, 54.47, 90.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.31% -0.006 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(71.31% 0.123 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.3482, 36.2781, 9.3300)
Luminance	0.3628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA03B #3B58BD

analogous

#BD5F3B #BDA03B #99BD3B

triadic

#BDA03B #3BBDA0 #A03BBD

tetradic

#BDA03B #3BBD5F #3B58BD #BD3B99

square

#BDA03B #3BBD5F #3B58BD #BD3B99

split-complementary

#BDA03B #3B99BD #5F3BBD

monochromatic

#60511E #8E792C #BDA03B #CFB866 #DECD95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#BDA03B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#BDA03B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA03B

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA03B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA03B	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda03b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 160, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.123 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bb76',
    500: '#bda03b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda03b;
$custom-light: #d4bb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda03b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.615,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71313,
    "c": 0.12253,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA03B

secondary

#8B99C9

accent

#6CDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA03B

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

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