#BDA436#BDA436

#BDA436 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.129 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA436
RGB	rgb(189, 164, 54)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.75, -2.86, 57.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.75, 57.63, 92.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% -0.0135 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.129 96)
XYZ	xyz(34.9293, 37.6379, 8.9143)
Luminance	0.3764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA436 #364FBD

analogous

#BD6036 #BDA436 #92BD36

triadic

#BDA436 #36BDA4 #A436BD

tetradic

#BDA436 #36BD60 #364FBD #BD3692

square

#BDA436 #36BD60 #364FBD #BD3692

split-complementary

#BDA436 #3692BD #6036BD

monochromatic

#5E511B #8D7B28 #BDA436 #D1BC5F #DFD08F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BDA436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#BDA436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA436

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA436	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)

#B5A026

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 164, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.129 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5be74',
    500: '#bda436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda436;
$custom-light: #d5be74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.889,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72108,
    "c": 0.12873,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.37636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA436

secondary

#8592C9

accent

#65DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA436

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

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