#BDA12D#BDA12D

#BDA12D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.132 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA12D
RGB	rgb(189, 161, 45)
HSL	hsl(48, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 76.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.90, -1.67, 60.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.90, 60.16, 91.60°)
OKLab	oklab(71.41% -0.0111 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(71.41% 0.132 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.2066, 36.5000, 7.7256)
Luminance	0.3650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA12D #2D49BD

analogous

#BD592D #BDA12D #91BD2D

triadic

#BDA12D #2DBDA1 #A12DBD

tetradic

#BDA12D #2DBD59 #2D49BD #BD2D91

square

#BDA12D #2DBD59 #2D49BD #BD2D91

split-complementary

#BDA12D #2D91BD #592DBD

monochromatic

#5A4D15 #8C7721 #BDA12D #D6BC52 #E1CF83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#BDA12D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#BDA12D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA12D

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA12D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA12D	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)

#B29E17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A634

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda12d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 161, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.132 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bc6f',
    500: '#bda12d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda12d;
$custom-light: #d5bc6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda12d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.333,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71415,
    "c": 0.13221,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA12D

secondary

#7B8BCB

accent

#63E543

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA12D

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

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