#BDA235#BDA235

#BDA235 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.128 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA235
RGB	rgb(189, 162, 53)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.22, -1.85, 57.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.22, 57.45, 91.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% -0.0107 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.128 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.5510, 36.9184, 8.6736)
Luminance	0.3692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA235 #3550BD

analogous

#BD5E35 #BDA235 #94BD35

triadic

#BDA235 #35BDA2 #A235BD

tetradic

#BDA235 #35BD5E #3550BD #BD3594

square

#BDA235 #35BD5E #3550BD #BD3594

split-complementary

#BDA235 #3594BD #5E35BD

monochromatic

#5D501A #8D7928 #BDA235 #D2BB5D #DFCF8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BDA235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#BDA235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA235

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA235	1.00	2.50	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.50	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)

#B39F25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 162, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.128 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bd73',
    500: '#bda235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda235;
$custom-light: #d5bd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.088,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71681,
    "c": 0.128,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA235

secondary

#8492CA

accent

#66DF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA235

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

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