#BDA03D#BDA03D

#BDA03D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.121 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA03D
RGB	rgb(189, 160, 61)
HSL	hsl(46, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 67.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.75, -0.35, 53.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.75, 53.63, 90.37°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% -0.0055 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.121 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.4011, 36.2993, 9.6085)
Luminance	0.3630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA03D #3D5ABD

analogous

#BD603D #BDA03D #9ABD3D

triadic

#BDA03D #3DBDA0 #A03DBD

tetradic

#BDA03D #3DBD60 #3D5ABD #BD3D9A

square

#BDA03D #3DBD60 #3D5ABD #BD3D9A

split-complementary

#BDA03D #3D9ABD #603DBD

monochromatic

#60521F #8F792E #BDA03D #CEB769 #DDCD97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#BDA03D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#BDA03D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA03D

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA03D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA03D	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)

#B19D31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda03d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 160, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.121 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bb78',
    500: '#bda03d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda03d;
$custom-light: #d4bb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda03d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.406,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71331,
    "c": 0.12106,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA03D

secondary

#8D9AC9

accent

#6DDB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA03D

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

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