#BDA12B#BDA12B

#BDA12B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.133 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA12B
RGB	rgb(189, 161, 43)
HSL	hsl(48, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 77.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.89, -1.76, 60.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.89, 60.85, 91.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.4% -0.0115 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(71.4% 0.133 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.1690, 36.4849, 7.5276)
Luminance	0.3648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA12B #2B47BD

analogous

#BD582B #BDA12B #90BD2B

triadic

#BDA12B #2BBDA1 #A12BBD

tetradic

#BDA12B #2BBD58 #2B47BD #BD2B90

square

#BDA12B #2BBD58 #2B47BD #BD2B90

split-complementary

#BDA12B #2B90BD #582BBD

monochromatic

#594C14 #8B7720 #BDA12B #D7BD4E #E2CF80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#BDA12B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#BDA12B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA12B

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA12B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA12B	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA633

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda12b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 161, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.133 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bc6e',
    500: '#bda12b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda12b;
$custom-light: #d5bc6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda12b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.493,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71403,
    "c": 0.13332,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA12B

secondary

#7989CB

accent

#61E642

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA12B

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

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