#BDA22F#BDA22F

#BDA22F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.132 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA22F
RGB	rgb(189, 162, 47)
HSL	hsl(49, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 75.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.18, -2.12, 59.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.18, 59.71, 92.04°)
OKLab	oklab(71.64% -0.0121 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(71.64% 0.132 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.4215, 36.8666, 7.9917)
Luminance	0.3686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA22F #2F4ABD

analogous

#BD5B2F #BDA22F #91BD2F

triadic

#BDA22F #2FBDA2 #A22FBD

tetradic

#BDA22F #2FBD5B #2F4ABD #BD2F91

square

#BDA22F #2FBD5B #2F4ABD #BD2F91

split-complementary

#BDA22F #2F91BD #5B2FBD

monochromatic

#5B4E17 #8C7823 #BDA22F #D5BC55 #E1CF86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#BDA22F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#BDA22F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA22F

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA22F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA22F	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)

#B39F1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda22f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 162, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.132 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bd70',
    500: '#bda22f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda22f;
$custom-light: #d5bd70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda22f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.592,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71638,
    "c": 0.13172,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA22F

secondary

#7E8CCA

accent

#63E344

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA22F

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

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