#BDA222#BDA222

#BDA222 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.138 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA222
RGB	rgb(189, 162, 34)
HSL	hsl(50, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 82%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.11, -2.61, 63.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.11, 63.95, 92.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% -0.0147 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.138 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.1972, 36.7769, 6.8105)
Luminance	0.3678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA222 #223DBD

analogous

#BD5422 #BDA222 #8ABD22

triadic

#BDA222 #22BDA2 #A222BD

tetradic

#BDA222 #22BD54 #223DBD #BD228A

square

#BDA222 #22BD54 #223DBD #BD228A

split-complementary

#BDA222 #228ABD #5422BD

monochromatic

#55490F #897619 #BDA222 #DDC140 #E6D273

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#BDA222 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#BDA222 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA222

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA222	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA222	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA72C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD958B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda222;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 162, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.138 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bd6a',
    500: '#bda222',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda222;
$custom-light: #d5bd6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda222",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.548,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71563,
    "c": 0.13839,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA222

secondary

#6E7ECD

accent

#5AEC3B

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA222

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

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