#BDA137#BDA137

#BDA137 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.126 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA137
RGB	rgb(189, 161, 55)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.97, -1.21, 56.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.97, 56.38, 91.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.49% -0.0086 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(71.49% 0.126 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.4225, 36.5863, 8.8624)
Luminance	0.3658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA137 #3753BD

analogous

#BD5E37 #BDA137 #96BD37

triadic

#BDA137 #37BDA1 #A137BD

tetradic

#BDA137 #37BD5E #3753BD #BD3796

square

#BDA137 #37BD5E #3753BD #BD3796

split-complementary

#BDA137 #3796BD #5E37BD

monochromatic

#5E501B #8E7929 #BDA137 #D1B960 #DFCE90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#BDA137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#BDA137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA137

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA137	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)

#B29E28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 161, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.126 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bc74',
    500: '#bda137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda137;
$custom-light: #d5bc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.463,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71488,
    "c": 0.12599,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA137

secondary

#8694C9

accent

#69DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA137

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

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