#BDA23E#BDA23E

#BDA23E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.122 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA23E
RGB	rgb(189, 162, 62)
HSL	hsl(47, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 67.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.28, -1.36, 53.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.28, 53.77, 91.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% -0.0082 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.122 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.7778, 37.0091, 9.8681)
Luminance	0.3701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA23E #3E59BD

analogous

#BD633E #BDA23E #99BD3E

triadic

#BDA23E #3EBDA2 #A23EBD

tetradic

#BDA23E #3EBD63 #3E59BD #BD3E99

square

#BDA23E #3EBD63 #3E59BD #BD3E99

split-complementary

#BDA23E #3E99BD #633EBD

monochromatic

#615320 #8F7B2F #BDA23E #CEB96A #DDCF98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BDA23E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#BDA23E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA23E

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA23E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA23E	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)

#B29F32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda23e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 162, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.122 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bd78',
    500: '#bda23e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda23e;
$custom-light: #d4bd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda23e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.244,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71757,
    "c": 0.12166,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA23E

secondary

#8E9AC9

accent

#6CDA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA23E

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

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