#BDA22B#BDA22B

#BDA22B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.134 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA22B
RGB	rgb(189, 162, 43)
HSL	hsl(49, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 77.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.15, -2.29, 61.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.15, 61.11, 92.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.61% -0.013 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(71.61% 0.134 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.3445, 36.8358, 7.5861)
Luminance	0.3683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA22B #2B46BD

analogous

#BD592B #BDA22B #8FBD2B

triadic

#BDA22B #2BBDA2 #A22BBD

tetradic

#BDA22B #2BBD59 #2B46BD #BD2B8F

square

#BDA22B #2BBD59 #2B46BD #BD2B8F

split-complementary

#BDA22B #2B8FBD #592BBD

monochromatic

#594D14 #8B7720 #BDA22B #D7BE4E #E2D080

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#BDA22B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#BDA22B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA22B

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA22B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA22B	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA733

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC958B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda22b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 162, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.134 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bd6e',
    500: '#bda22b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda22b;
$custom-light: #d5bd6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda22b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.904,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71612,
    "c": 0.13398,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA22B

secondary

#7988CB

accent

#60E642

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA22B

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

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