#BDA340#BDA340

#BDA340 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.121 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA340
RGB	rgb(189, 163, 64)
HSL	hsl(48, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 66.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.56, -1.78, 53.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.56, 53.21, 91.91°)
OKLab	oklab(71.98% -0.0092 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(71.98% 0.121 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.0105, 37.3852, 10.2215)
Luminance	0.3738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA340 #405ABD

analogous

#BD6540 #BDA340 #99BD40

triadic

#BDA340 #40BDA3 #A340BD

tetradic

#BDA340 #40BD65 #405ABD #BD4099

square

#BDA340 #40BD65 #405ABD #BD4099

split-complementary

#BDA340 #4099BD #6540BD

monochromatic

#625421 #8F7C31 #BDA340 #CDB96D #DDCF9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BDA340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#BDA340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA340

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA340	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 163, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.121 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bd7a',
    500: '#bda340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda340;
$custom-light: #d4bd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.52,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71984,
    "c": 0.12084,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA340

secondary

#909CC9

accent

#6CD94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA340

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

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