#BDA12E#BDA12E

#BDA12E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.132 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA12E
RGB	rgb(189, 161, 46)
HSL	hsl(48, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 75.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.91, -1.63, 59.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.91, 59.80, 91.56°)
OKLab	oklab(71.42% -0.0108 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(71.42% 0.132 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.2261, 36.5077, 7.8282)
Luminance	0.3651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA12E #2E4ABD

analogous

#BD592E #BDA12E #91BD2E

triadic

#BDA12E #2EBDA1 #A12EBD

tetradic

#BDA12E #2EBD59 #2E4ABD #BD2E91

square

#BDA12E #2EBD59 #2E4ABD #BD2E91

split-complementary

#BDA12E #2E91BD #592EBD

monochromatic

#5B4D16 #8C7722 #BDA12E #D5BC53 #E1CF84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#BDA12E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#BDA12E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA12E

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA12E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA12E	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)

#B29E19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A635

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda12e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 161, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.132 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bc6f',
    500: '#bda12e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda12e;
$custom-light: #d5bc6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda12e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.252,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71422,
    "c": 0.13164,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA12E

secondary

#7C8CCA

accent

#63E444

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA12E

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

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