#BDA236#BDA236

#BDA236 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.127 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA236
RGB	rgb(189, 162, 54)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.22, -1.80, 57.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.22, 57.06, 91.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% -0.0104 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.127 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5742, 36.9277, 8.7960)
Luminance	0.3693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA236 #3651BD

analogous

#BD5E36 #BDA236 #95BD36

triadic

#BDA236 #36BDA2 #A236BD

tetradic

#BDA236 #36BD5E #3651BD #BD3695

square

#BDA236 #36BD5E #3651BD #BD3695

split-complementary

#BDA236 #3695BD #5E36BD

monochromatic

#5E501B #8D7928 #BDA236 #D1BA5F #DFCF8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BDA236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#BDA236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA236

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA236	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 162, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.127 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bd74',
    500: '#bda236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda236;
$custom-light: #d5bd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71689,
    "c": 0.12734,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA236

secondary

#8593C9

accent

#67DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA236

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

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