#BDA139#BDA139

#BDA139 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.125 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA139
RGB	rgb(189, 161, 57)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 69.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.98, -1.10, 55.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.98, 55.57, 91.14°)
OKLab	oklab(71.5% -0.0081 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(71.5% 0.125 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.4714, 36.6059, 9.1201)
Luminance	0.3660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA139 #3955BD

analogous

#BD5F39 #BDA139 #97BD39

triadic

#BDA139 #39BDA1 #A139BD

tetradic

#BDA139 #39BD5F #3955BD #BD3997

square

#BDA139 #39BD5F #3955BD #BD3997

split-complementary

#BDA139 #3997BD #5F39BD

monochromatic

#5F511D #8E792B #BDA139 #D0B963 #DECE92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#BDA139 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#BDA139 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA139

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA139	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA139	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	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)

#B29E2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda139;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 161, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.125 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bc75',
    500: '#bda139',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda139;
$custom-light: #d5bc75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda139",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.273,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71504,
    "c": 0.12461,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA139

secondary

#8996C9

accent

#6ADD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA139

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

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