#BDA12F#BDA12F

#BDA12F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.131 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA12F
RGB	rgb(189, 161, 47)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 75.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.91, -1.59, 59.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.91, 59.44, 91.53°)
OKLab	oklab(71.43% -0.0106 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(71.43% 0.131 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.2461, 36.5157, 7.9332)
Luminance	0.3651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA12F #2F4BBD

analogous

#BD5A2F #BDA12F #92BD2F

triadic

#BDA12F #2FBDA1 #A12FBD

tetradic

#BDA12F #2FBD5A #2F4BBD #BD2F92

square

#BDA12F #2FBD5A #2F4BBD #BD2F92

split-complementary

#BDA12F #2F92BD #5A2FBD

monochromatic

#5B4D17 #8C7723 #BDA12F #D5BB55 #E1CF86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#BDA12F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#BDA12F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA12F

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA12F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA12F	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)

#B29E1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda12f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 161, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.131 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bc70',
    500: '#bda12f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda12f;
$custom-light: #d5bc70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda12f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.169,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71428,
    "c": 0.13106,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA12F

secondary

#7E8DCA

accent

#64E344

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA12F

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

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