#BDA424#BDA424

#BDA424 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.139 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA424
RGB	rgb(189, 164, 36)
HSL	hsl(50, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 81%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.65, -3.61, 63.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.65, 63.88, 93.24°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% -0.0174 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.139 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.5820, 37.4990, 7.0852)
Luminance	0.3750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA424 #243DBD

analogous

#BD5824 #BDA424 #8ABD24

triadic

#BDA424 #24BDA4 #A424BD

tetradic

#BDA424 #24BD58 #243DBD #BD248A

square

#BDA424 #24BD58 #243DBD #BD248A

split-complementary

#BDA424 #248ABD #5824BD

monochromatic

#564B10 #8A771A #BDA424 #DBC243 #E5D376

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BDA424 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#BDA424 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA424

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA424	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA424	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)

#B5A000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA82E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda424;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 164, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.139 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5be6b',
    500: '#bda424',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda424;
$custom-light: #d5be6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda424",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.196,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71993,
    "c": 0.13883,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA424

secondary

#707FCC

accent

#59EB3D

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA424

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

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