#BDA43A#BDA43A

#BDA43A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.126 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA43A
RGB	rgb(189, 164, 58)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 69.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.78, -2.65, 55.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.78, 56.03, 92.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.0124 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.126 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.0272, 37.6771, 9.4296)
Luminance	0.3767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA43A #3A53BD

analogous

#BD633A #BDA43A #94BD3A

triadic

#BDA43A #3ABDA4 #A43ABD

tetradic

#BDA43A #3ABD63 #3A53BD #BD3A94

square

#BDA43A #3ABD63 #3A53BD #BD3A94

split-complementary

#BDA43A #3A94BD #633ABD

monochromatic

#5F531D #8E7B2C #BDA43A #D0BB65 #DED093

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BDA43A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#BDA43A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA43A

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA43A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA43A	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)

#B5A12C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda43a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 164, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.126 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4be76',
    500: '#bda43a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda43a;
$custom-light: #d4be76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda43a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.55,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7214,
    "c": 0.12599,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA43A

secondary

#8A96C9

accent

#67DC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA43A

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

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