#BDA224#BDA224

#BDA224 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.137 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA224
RGB	rgb(189, 162, 36)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(49, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 81%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.12, -2.54, 63.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.12, 63.36, 92.30°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% -0.0144 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.137 96)
XYZ	xyz(34.2269, 36.7888, 6.9669)
Luminance	0.3679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA224 #243FBD

analogous

#BD5624 #BDA224 #8CBD24

triadic

#BDA224 #24BDA2 #A224BD

tetradic

#BDA224 #24BD56 #243FBD #BD248C

square

#BDA224 #24BD56 #243FBD #BD248C

split-complementary

#BDA224 #248CBD #5624BD

monochromatic

#564A10 #8A761A #BDA224 #DBC043 #E5D176

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#BDA224 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#BDA224 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA224

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA224	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA224	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)

#BAA72D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD958B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda224;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 162, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.137 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bd6b',
    500: '#bda224',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda224;
$custom-light: #d5bd6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda224",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71573,
    "c": 0.13748,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.36787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA224

secondary

#7081CC

accent

#5CEB3D

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA224

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

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