#BDA337#BDA337

#BDA337 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.127 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA337
RGB	rgb(189, 163, 55)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.49, -2.28, 56.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.49, 56.95, 92.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% -0.0117 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.127 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.7748, 37.2909, 8.9799)
Luminance	0.3729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA337 #3751BD

analogous

#BD6037 #BDA337 #94BD37

triadic

#BDA337 #37BDA3 #A337BD

tetradic

#BDA337 #37BD60 #3751BD #BD3794

square

#BDA337 #37BD60 #3751BD #BD3794

split-complementary

#BDA337 #3794BD #6037BD

monochromatic

#5E511B #8E7A29 #BDA337 #D1BB60 #DFCF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BDA337 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#BDA337 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA337

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA337	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA337	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)

#B4A027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA83D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda337;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 163, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.127 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bd74',
    500: '#bda337',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda337;
$custom-light: #d5bd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda337",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.358,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71906,
    "c": 0.12735,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA337

secondary

#8693C9

accent

#66DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA337

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

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