#BDA230#BDA230

#BDA230 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.131 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA230
RGB	rgb(189, 162, 48)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 74.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.18, -2.08, 59.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.18, 59.34, 92.01°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% -0.0119 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.131 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.4419, 36.8748, 8.0992)
Luminance	0.3687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA230 #304BBD

analogous

#BD5C30 #BDA230 #92BD30

triadic

#BDA230 #30BDA2 #A230BD

tetradic

#BDA230 #30BD5C #304BBD #BD3092

square

#BDA230 #30BD5C #304BBD #BD3092

split-complementary

#BDA230 #3092BD #5C30BD

monochromatic

#5B4E17 #8C7824 #BDA230 #D4BC56 #E0CF87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#BDA230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#BDA230 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA230

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA230	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)

#B39F1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA737

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 162, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.131 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bd70',
    500: '#bda230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda230;
$custom-light: #d5bd70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.511,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71645,
    "c": 0.13113,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA230

secondary

#7F8DCA

accent

#63E345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA230

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

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