#BDA422#BDA422

#BDA422 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.140 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA422
RGB	rgb(189, 164, 34)
HSL	hsl(50, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 82%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.64, -3.67, 64.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.64, 64.47, 93.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.98% -0.0177 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(71.98% 0.14 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.5523, 37.4871, 6.9289)
Luminance	0.3749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA422 #223BBD

analogous

#BD5722 #BDA422 #88BD22

triadic

#BDA422 #22BDA4 #A422BD

tetradic

#BDA422 #22BD57 #223BBD #BD2288

square

#BDA422 #22BD57 #223BBD #BD2288

split-complementary

#BDA422 #2288BD #5722BD

monochromatic

#554A0F #897719 #BDA422 #DDC340 #E6D373

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BDA422 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#BDA422 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA422

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA422	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA422	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA82C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda422;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 164, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.140 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5be6a',
    500: '#bda422',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda422;
$custom-light: #d5be6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda422",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.323,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71984,
    "c": 0.13973,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA422

secondary

#6E7DCD

accent

#58EC3B

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA422

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

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