#BDA336#BDA336

#BDA336 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.128 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA336
RGB	rgb(189, 163, 54)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.49, -2.33, 57.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.49, 57.34, 92.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% -0.012 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.128 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.7511, 37.2814, 8.8549)
Luminance	0.3728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA336 #3650BD

analogous

#BD5F36 #BDA336 #94BD36

triadic

#BDA336 #36BDA3 #A336BD

tetradic

#BDA336 #36BD5F #3650BD #BD3694

square

#BDA336 #36BD5F #3650BD #BD3694

split-complementary

#BDA336 #3694BD #5F36BD

monochromatic

#5E511B #8D7A28 #BDA336 #D1BB5F #DFCF8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BDA336 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#BDA336 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA336

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA336	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA336	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A026

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA83C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda336;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 163, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.128 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bd74',
    500: '#bda336',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda336;
$custom-light: #d5bd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda336",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.444,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71898,
    "c": 0.12802,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA336

secondary

#8592C9

accent

#66DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA336

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

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