#BDA42E#BDA42E

#BDA42E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.134 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA42E
RGB	rgb(189, 164, 46)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 75.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.70, -3.23, 60.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.70, 60.62, 93.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.05% -0.0154 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(72.05% 0.134 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.7567, 37.5689, 8.0050)
Luminance	0.3757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA42E #2E47BD

analogous

#BD5C2E #BDA42E #8EBD2E

triadic

#BDA42E #2EBDA4 #A42EBD

tetradic

#BDA42E #2EBD5C #2E47BD #BD2E8E

square

#BDA42E #2EBD5C #2E47BD #BD2E8E

split-complementary

#BDA42E #2E8EBD #5C2EBD

monochromatic

#5B4F16 #8C7922 #BDA42E #D5BE53 #E1D184

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BDA42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#BDA42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA42E

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA42E	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A018

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA836

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 164, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.134 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5be70',
    500: '#bda42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda42e;
$custom-light: #d5be70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.51,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72051,
    "c": 0.13368,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA42E

secondary

#7C8ACA

accent

#60E444

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA42E

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

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