#BDA33B#BDA33B

#BDA33B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.125 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA33B
RGB	rgb(189, 163, 59)
HSL	hsl(48, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 68.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.52, -2.07, 55.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.52, 55.32, 92.14°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% -0.0106 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.125 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.8746, 37.3308, 9.5055)
Luminance	0.3733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA33B #3B55BD

analogous

#BD623B #BDA33B #96BD3B

triadic

#BDA33B #3BBDA3 #A33BBD

tetradic

#BDA33B #3BBD62 #3B55BD #BD3B96

square

#BDA33B #3BBD62 #3B55BD #BD3B96

split-complementary

#BDA33B #3B96BD #623BBD

monochromatic

#60531E #8E7B2C #BDA33B #CFBA66 #DECF95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BDA33B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#BDA33B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA33B

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA33B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA33B	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A02D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda33b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 163, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.125 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bd77',
    500: '#bda33b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda33b;
$custom-light: #d4bd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda33b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71939,
    "c": 0.12456,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA33B

secondary

#8B97C9

accent

#69DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA33B

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

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