#BDA23C#BDA23C

#BDA23C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.123 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA23C
RGB	rgb(189, 162, 60)
HSL	hsl(47, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 68.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.27, -1.48, 54.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.27, 54.62, 91.55°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% -0.0088 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.123 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.7239, 36.9876, 9.5844)
Luminance	0.3699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA23C #3C57BD

analogous

#BD623C #BDA23C #98BD3C

triadic

#BDA23C #3CBDA2 #A23CBD

tetradic

#BDA23C #3CBD62 #3C57BD #BD3C98

square

#BDA23C #3CBD62 #3C57BD #BD3C98

split-complementary

#BDA23C #3C98BD #623CBD

monochromatic

#60521F #8F7A2D #BDA23C #CFB967 #DECF96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BDA23C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#BDA23C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA23C

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA23C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA23C	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)

#B39F2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda23c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 162, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.123 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bd77',
    500: '#bda23c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda23c;
$custom-light: #d4bd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda23c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.442,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71739,
    "c": 0.12315,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA23C

secondary

#8C99C9

accent

#6ADB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA23C

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

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