#BDA242#BDA242

#BDA242 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.119 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA242
RGB	rgb(189, 162, 66)
HSL	hsl(47, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.32, -1.12, 52.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.32, 52.04, 91.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% -0.0071 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.119 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.8916, 37.0547, 10.4676)
Luminance	0.3705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA242 #425DBD

analogous

#BD6442 #BDA242 #9BBD42

triadic

#BDA242 #42BDA2 #A242BD

tetradic

#BDA242 #42BD64 #425DBD #BD429B

square

#BDA242 #42BD64 #425DBD #BD429B

split-complementary

#BDA242 #429BBD #6442BD

monochromatic

#625422 #907B32 #BDA242 #CDB86F #DDCF9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BDA242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#BDA242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA242

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA242	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)

#B29F37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 162, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.119 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bd7b',
    500: '#bda242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda242;
$custom-light: #d4bd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.829,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71794,
    "c": 0.11857,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA242

secondary

#929EC9

accent

#6ED850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA242

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

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