#BDA23D#BDA23D

#BDA23D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.122 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA23D
RGB	rgb(189, 162, 61)
HSL	hsl(47, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 67.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.28, -1.42, 54.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.28, 54.20, 91.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% -0.0085 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.122 94)
XYZ	xyz(34.7506, 36.9983, 9.7250)
Luminance	0.3700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA23D #3D58BD

analogous

#BD623D #BDA23D #98BD3D

triadic

#BDA23D #3DBDA2 #A23DBD

tetradic

#BDA23D #3DBD62 #3D58BD #BD3D98

square

#BDA23D #3DBD62 #3D58BD #BD3D98

split-complementary

#BDA23D #3D98BD #623DBD

monochromatic

#60531F #8F7A2E #BDA23D #CEB969 #DDCF97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BDA23D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#BDA23D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA23D

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA23D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA23D	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)

#B39F30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda23d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 162, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.122 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bd78',
    500: '#bda23d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda23d;
$custom-light: #d4bd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda23d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.344,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71747,
    "c": 0.12241,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.36996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA23D

secondary

#8D99C9

accent

#6BDB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA23D

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

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