#BDA323#BDA323

#BDA323 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	#BDA323
RGB	rgb(189, 163, 35)
HSL	hsl(50, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 81.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.38, -3.11, 63.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.38, 63.92, 92.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% -0.0161 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.139 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.3887, 37.1365, 6.9465)
Luminance	0.3714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA323 #233DBD

analogous

#BD5623 #BDA323 #8ABD23

triadic

#BDA323 #23BDA3 #A323BD

tetradic

#BDA323 #23BD56 #233DBD #BD238A

square

#BDA323 #23BD56 #233DBD #BD238A

split-complementary

#BDA323 #238ABD #5623BD

monochromatic

#564A10 #897619 #BDA323 #DCC241 #E5D275

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BDA323 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#BDA323 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA323

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA323	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA323	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)

#BBA82D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda323;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 163, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.139 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bd6a',
    500: '#bda323',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda323;
$custom-light: #d5bd6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda323",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.87,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71778,
    "c": 0.1386,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA323

secondary

#6F7FCD

accent

#5AEC3C

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA323

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

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