#BDA23B#BDA23B

#BDA23B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.124 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA23B
RGB	rgb(189, 162, 59)
HSL	hsl(48, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 68.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.26, -1.53, 55.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.26, 55.03, 91.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.73% -0.0091 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(71.73% 0.124 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.6977, 36.9771, 9.4465)
Luminance	0.3698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA23B #3B56BD

analogous

#BD613B #BDA23B #97BD3B

triadic

#BDA23B #3BBDA2 #A23BBD

tetradic

#BDA23B #3BBD61 #3B56BD #BD3B97

square

#BDA23B #3BBD61 #3B56BD #BD3B97

split-complementary

#BDA23B #3B97BD #613BBD

monochromatic

#60521E #8E7A2C #BDA23B #CFB966 #DECF95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BDA23B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#BDA23B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA23B

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA23B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA23B	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda23b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 162, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.124 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bd77',
    500: '#bda23b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda23b;
$custom-light: #d4bd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda23b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.538,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7173,
    "c": 0.12386,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA23B

secondary

#8B98C9

accent

#6ADC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA23B

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

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