#BDA233#BDA233

#BDA233 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.129 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA233
RGB	rgb(189, 162, 51)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 73%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.20, -1.94, 58.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.20, 58.22, 91.91°)
OKLab	oklab(71.67% -0.0112 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(71.67% 0.129 95)
XYZ	xyz(34.5059, 36.9004, 8.4363)
Luminance	0.3690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA233 #334EBD

analogous

#BD5D33 #BDA233 #93BD33

triadic

#BDA233 #33BDA2 #A233BD

tetradic

#BDA233 #33BD5D #334EBD #BD3393

square

#BDA233 #33BD5D #334EBD #BD3393

split-complementary

#BDA233 #3393BD #5D33BD

monochromatic

#5D4F19 #8D7926 #BDA233 #D3BB5B #E0CF8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#BDA233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#BDA233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA233

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA233	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA739

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 162, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.129 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bd72',
    500: '#bda233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda233;
$custom-light: #d5bd72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.261,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71666,
    "c": 0.12929,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.36898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA233

secondary

#8290CA

accent

#65E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA233

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

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