#BDA437#BDA437

#BDA437 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.128 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA437
RGB	rgb(189, 164, 55)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.76, -2.81, 57.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.76, 57.23, 92.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% -0.0132 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.128 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.9531, 37.6474, 9.0393)
Luminance	0.3765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA437 #3750BD

analogous

#BD6137 #BDA437 #93BD37

triadic

#BDA437 #37BDA4 #A437BD

tetradic

#BDA437 #37BD61 #3750BD #BD3793

square

#BDA437 #37BD61 #3750BD #BD3793

split-complementary

#BDA437 #3793BD #6137BD

monochromatic

#5E521B #8E7B29 #BDA437 #D1BC60 #DFD090

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BDA437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#BDA437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA437

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA437	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)

#B5A027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 164, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.128 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5be74',
    500: '#bda437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda437;
$custom-light: #d5be74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.806,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72116,
    "c": 0.12806,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA437

secondary

#8693C9

accent

#65DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA437

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

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