#BDA234#BDA234

#BDA234 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.129 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA234
RGB	rgb(189, 162, 52)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 72.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.21, -1.89, 57.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.21, 57.84, 91.88°)
OKLab	oklab(71.67% -0.0109 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(71.67% 0.129 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.5282, 36.9093, 8.5537)
Luminance	0.3691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA234 #344FBD

analogous

#BD5E34 #BDA234 #94BD34

triadic

#BDA234 #34BDA2 #A234BD

tetradic

#BDA234 #34BD5E #344FBD #BD3494

square

#BDA234 #34BD5E #344FBD #BD3494

split-complementary

#BDA234 #3494BD #5E34BD

monochromatic

#5D501A #8D7927 #BDA234 #D2BB5C #DFCF8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#BDA234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#BDA234 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA234

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA234	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)

#B39F23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 162, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.129 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bd73',
    500: '#bda234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda234;
$custom-light: #d5bd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.175,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71673,
    "c": 0.12865,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA234

secondary

#8391CA

accent

#66E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA234

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

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