#BDA22E#BDA22E

#BDA22E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.132 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA22E
RGB	rgb(189, 162, 46)
HSL	hsl(49, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 75.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.17, -2.17, 60.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.17, 60.07, 92.07°)
OKLab	oklab(71.63% -0.0124 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(71.63% 0.132 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.4016, 36.8586, 7.8867)
Luminance	0.3686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA22E #2E49BD

analogous

#BD5A2E #BDA22E #90BD2E

triadic

#BDA22E #2EBDA2 #A22EBD

tetradic

#BDA22E #2EBD5A #2E49BD #BD2E90

square

#BDA22E #2EBD5A #2E49BD #BD2E90

split-complementary

#BDA22E #2E90BD #5A2EBD

monochromatic

#5B4E16 #8C7822 #BDA22E #D5BD53 #E1D084

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#BDA22E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#BDA22E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA22E

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA22E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA22E	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)

#B39F18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA735

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda22e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 162, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.132 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bd6f',
    500: '#bda22e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda22e;
$custom-light: #d5bd6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda22e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.671,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71631,
    "c": 0.1323,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA22E

secondary

#7C8BCA

accent

#62E444

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA22E

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

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