#BDA321#BDA321

#BDA321 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.139 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA321
RGB	rgb(189, 163, 33)
HSL	hsl(50, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 82.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.37, -3.17, 64.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.37, 64.49, 92.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% -0.0164 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.139 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.3599, 37.1249, 6.7946)
Luminance	0.3712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA321 #213BBD

analogous

#BD5521 #BDA321 #89BD21

triadic

#BDA321 #21BDA3 #A321BD

tetradic

#BDA321 #21BD55 #213BBD #BD2189

square

#BDA321 #21BD55 #213BBD #BD2189

split-complementary

#BDA321 #2189BD #5521BD

monochromatic

#55490F #897618 #BDA321 #DDC33E #E6D372

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BDA321 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#BDA321 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA321

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA321	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA321	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B59F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA82B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda321;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 163, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.139 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bd6a',
    500: '#bda321',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda321;
$custom-light: #d5bd6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda321",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71768,
    "c": 0.13948,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA321

secondary

#6D7DCD

accent

#58ED3B

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA321

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

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