#BDA122#BDA122

#BDA122 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.138 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA122
RGB	rgb(189, 161, 34)
HSL	hsl(49, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(49, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 82%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.84, -2.07, 63.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.84, 63.71, 91.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.35% -0.0132 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(71.35% 0.138 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.0218, 36.4260, 6.7520)
Luminance	0.3642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA122 #223EBD

analogous

#BD5322 #BDA122 #8BBD22

triadic

#BDA122 #22BDA1 #A122BD

tetradic

#BDA122 #22BD53 #223EBD #BD228B

square

#BDA122 #22BD53 #223EBD #BD228B

split-complementary

#BDA122 #228BBD #5322BD

monochromatic

#55490F #897519 #BDA122 #DDC040 #E6D173

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#BDA122 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#BDA122 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA122

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA122	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA122	1.00	2.53	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA62C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda122;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 161, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.138 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bc6a',
    500: '#bda122',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda122;
$custom-light: #d5bc6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda122",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.161,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71353,
    "c": 0.13774,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA122

secondary

#6E7FCD

accent

#5BEC3B

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA122

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

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