#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
RGBrgb(189, 161, 44)
HSLhsl(48, 62%, 46%)
HSVhsv(48, 77%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 14.8%, 76.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(66.89, -1.72, 60.48)
CIE-LCHlch(66.89, 60.51, 91.62°)
OKLaboklab(71.41% -0.0113 0.1323)
OKLCHoklch(71.41% 0.133 94.9)
XYZxyz(34.1876, 36.4923, 7.6254)
Luminance0.3649 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##BDA12C1.002.538.308.30
#FFFFFF2.531.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3021.001.001.00
##0000008.3021.001.001.00

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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#BDA12C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva