#BDA136#BDA136

#BDA136 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.127 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA136
RGB	rgb(189, 161, 54)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.96, -1.26, 56.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.96, 56.78, 91.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% -0.0089 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.127 94)
XYZ	xyz(34.3988, 36.5768, 8.7375)
Luminance	0.3658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA136 #3652BD

analogous

#BD5E36 #BDA136 #95BD36

triadic

#BDA136 #36BDA1 #A136BD

tetradic

#BDA136 #36BD5E #3652BD #BD3695

square

#BDA136 #36BD5E #3652BD #BD3695

split-complementary

#BDA136 #3695BD #5E36BD

monochromatic

#5E501B #8D7828 #BDA136 #D1BA5F #DFCE8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#BDA136 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#BDA136 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA136

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA136	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA136	1.00	2.53	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda136;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 161, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.127 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bc74',
    500: '#bda136',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda136;
$custom-light: #d5bc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda136",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.556,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7148,
    "c": 0.12666,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.36575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA136

secondary

#8593C9

accent

#68DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA136

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

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