#BDA23F#BDA23F

#BDA23F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.121 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA23F
RGB	rgb(189, 162, 63)
HSL	hsl(47, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 66.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.29, -1.30, 53.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.29, 53.35, 91.40°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% -0.008 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.121 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.8055, 37.0202, 10.0140)
Luminance	0.3702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA23F #3F5ABD

analogous

#BD633F #BDA23F #99BD3F

triadic

#BDA23F #3FBDA2 #A23FBD

tetradic

#BDA23F #3FBD63 #3F5ABD #BD3F99

square

#BDA23F #3FBD63 #3F5ABD #BD3F99

split-complementary

#BDA23F #3F99BD #633FBD

monochromatic

#615320 #8F7B30 #BDA23F #CEB96B #DDCF99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BDA23F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#BDA23F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA23F

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA23F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA23F	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)

#B29F33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda23f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 162, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.121 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bd79',
    500: '#bda23f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda23f;
$custom-light: #d4bd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda23f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71766,
    "c": 0.1209,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA23F

secondary

#8F9BC9

accent

#6CDA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA23F

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

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