#BDA43B#BDA43B

#BDA43B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.125 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA43B
RGB	rgb(189, 164, 59)
HSL	hsl(48, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 68.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, -2.60, 55.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 55.62, 92.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% -0.0122 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.125 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.0529, 37.6873, 9.5649)
Luminance	0.3769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA43B #3B54BD

analogous

#BD633B #BDA43B #95BD3B

triadic

#BDA43B #3BBDA4 #A43BBD

tetradic

#BDA43B #3BBD63 #3B54BD #BD3B95

square

#BDA43B #3BBD63 #3B54BD #BD3B95

split-complementary

#BDA43B #3B95BD #633BBD

monochromatic

#60531E #8E7C2C #BDA43B #CFBB66 #DED095

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BDA43B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#BDA43B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA43B

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA43B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA43B	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A12D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda43b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 164, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.125 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4be77',
    500: '#bda43b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda43b;
$custom-light: #d4be77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda43b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.462,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72149,
    "c": 0.12528,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA43B

secondary

#8B97C9

accent

#68DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA43B

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

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