#BDA322#BDA322

#BDA322 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.139 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA322
RGB	rgb(189, 163, 34)
HSL	hsl(50, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 82%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.37, -3.14, 64.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.37, 64.21, 92.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% -0.0162 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.139 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.3741, 37.1306, 6.8694)
Luminance	0.3713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA322 #223CBD

analogous

#BD5522 #BDA322 #89BD22

triadic

#BDA322 #22BDA3 #A322BD

tetradic

#BDA322 #22BD55 #223CBD #BD2289

square

#BDA322 #22BD55 #223CBD #BD2289

split-complementary

#BDA322 #2289BD #5522BD

monochromatic

#554A0F #897619 #BDA322 #DDC240 #E6D373

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BDA322 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#BDA322 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA322

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA322	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA322	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B59F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA82C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda322;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 163, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.139 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bd6a',
    500: '#bda322',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda322;
$custom-light: #d5bd6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda322",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.935,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71773,
    "c": 0.13905,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA322

secondary

#6E7ECD

accent

#59EC3B

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA322

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

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