#BDA435#BDA435

#BDA435 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.129 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA435
RGB	rgb(189, 164, 53)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.75, -2.91, 57.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.75, 58.02, 92.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.0137 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.129 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.9061, 37.6286, 8.7919)
Luminance	0.3763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA435 #354EBD

analogous

#BD6035 #BDA435 #92BD35

triadic

#BDA435 #35BDA4 #A435BD

tetradic

#BDA435 #35BD60 #354EBD #BD3592

square

#BDA435 #35BD60 #354EBD #BD3592

split-complementary

#BDA435 #3592BD #6035BD

monochromatic

#5D511A #8D7B28 #BDA435 #D2BC5D #DFD08D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BDA435 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#BDA435 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA435

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA435	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA435	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A024

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda435;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 164, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.129 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5be73',
    500: '#bda435',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda435;
$custom-light: #d5be73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda435",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.971,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.721,
    "c": 0.12939,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA435

secondary

#8491CA

accent

#64DF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA435

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

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