#BDA12C#BDA12C

#BDA12C 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	#BDA12C
RGB	rgb(189, 161, 44)
HSL	hsl(48, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 76.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.89, -1.72, 60.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.89, 60.51, 91.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.41% -0.0113 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(71.41% 0.133 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.1876, 36.4923, 7.6254)
Luminance	0.3649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA12C #2C48BD

analogous

#BD582C #BDA12C #90BD2C

triadic

#BDA12C #2CBDA1 #A12CBD

tetradic

#BDA12C #2CBD58 #2C48BD #BD2C90

square

#BDA12C #2CBD58 #2C48BD #BD2C90

split-complementary

#BDA12C #2C90BD #582CBD

monochromatic

#5A4C15 #8B7720 #BDA12C #D6BC50 #E2CF82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#BDA12C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#BDA12C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA12C

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA12C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA12C	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)

#B29E15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A633

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda12c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 161, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.133 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bc6e',
    500: '#bda12c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda12c;
$custom-light: #d5bc6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda12c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.414,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71409,
    "c": 0.13277,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA12C

secondary

#7A8ACB

accent

#62E542

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA12C

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

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