#BDA240#BDA240

#BDA240 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.120 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA240
RGB	rgb(189, 162, 64)
HSL	hsl(47, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 66.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.30, -1.24, 52.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.30, 52.91, 91.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% -0.0077 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.12 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.8337, 37.0315, 10.1625)
Luminance	0.3703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA240 #405BBD

analogous

#BD6440 #BDA240 #9ABD40

triadic

#BDA240 #40BDA2 #A240BD

tetradic

#BDA240 #40BD64 #405BBD #BD409A

square

#BDA240 #40BD64 #405BBD #BD409A

split-complementary

#BDA240 #409ABD #6440BD

monochromatic

#625421 #8F7B31 #BDA240 #CDB96D #DDCF9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BDA240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#BDA240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA240

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA240	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 162, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.120 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bd79',
    500: '#bda240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda240;
$custom-light: #d4bd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.04,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71775,
    "c": 0.12013,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA240

secondary

#909CC9

accent

#6DD94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA240

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

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