#BDA241#BDA241

#BDA241 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.119 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA241
RGB	rgb(189, 162, 65)
HSL	hsl(47, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 65.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.31, -1.18, 52.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.31, 52.48, 91.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% -0.0074 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.119 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.8624, 37.0430, 10.3137)
Luminance	0.3704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA241 #415CBD

analogous

#BD6441 #BDA241 #9ABD41

triadic

#BDA241 #41BDA2 #A241BD

tetradic

#BDA241 #41BD64 #415CBD #BD419A

square

#BDA241 #41BD64 #415CBD #BD419A

split-complementary

#BDA241 #419ABD #6441BD

monochromatic

#625422 #8F7B31 #BDA241 #CDB86E #DDCF9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BDA241 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#BDA241 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA241

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA241	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA241	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)

#B29F36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda241;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 162, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.119 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bd7a',
    500: '#bda241',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda241;
$custom-light: #d4bd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda241",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.935,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71785,
    "c": 0.11936,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA241

secondary

#919DC9

accent

#6DD84F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA241

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →