#BDA23A#BDA23A

#BDA23A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.125 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA23A
RGB	rgb(189, 162, 58)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 69.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.25, -1.59, 55.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.25, 55.45, 91.64°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% -0.0094 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.125 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.6721, 36.9668, 9.3112)
Luminance	0.3696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA23A #3A55BD

analogous

#BD613A #BDA23A #96BD3A

triadic

#BDA23A #3ABDA2 #A23ABD

tetradic

#BDA23A #3ABD61 #3A55BD #BD3A96

square

#BDA23A #3ABD61 #3A55BD #BD3A96

split-complementary

#BDA23A #3A96BD #613ABD

monochromatic

#5F521D #8E7A2C #BDA23A #D0BA65 #DECF93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BDA23A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#BDA23A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA23A

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA23A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA23A	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)

#B39F2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda23a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 162, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.125 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bd76',
    500: '#bda23a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda23a;
$custom-light: #d4bd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda23a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.634,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71721,
    "c": 0.12458,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA23A

secondary

#8A97C9

accent

#69DC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA23A

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

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