#BDA22C#BDA22C

#BDA22C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.133 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA22C
RGB	rgb(189, 162, 44)
HSL	hsl(49, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 76.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.16, -2.25, 60.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.16, 60.77, 92.12°)
OKLab	oklab(71.62% -0.0128 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(71.62% 0.133 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.3631, 36.8432, 7.6839)
Luminance	0.3684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA22C #2C47BD

analogous

#BD5A2C #BDA22C #8FBD2C

triadic

#BDA22C #2CBDA2 #A22CBD

tetradic

#BDA22C #2CBD5A #2C47BD #BD2C8F

square

#BDA22C #2CBD5A #2C47BD #BD2C8F

split-complementary

#BDA22C #2C8FBD #5A2CBD

monochromatic

#5A4D15 #8B7720 #BDA22C #D6BD50 #E2D082

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#BDA22C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#BDA22C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA22C

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA22C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA22C	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)

#B39F14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA734

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC958B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda22c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 162, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.133 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bd6e',
    500: '#bda22c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda22c;
$custom-light: #d5bd6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda22c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.828,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71618,
    "c": 0.13344,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA22C

secondary

#7A89CB

accent

#61E542

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA22C

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

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