#BDA43C#BDA43C

#BDA43C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.125 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA43C
RGB	rgb(189, 164, 60)
HSL	hsl(48, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 68.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.80, -2.54, 55.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.80, 55.20, 92.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% -0.0119 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.125 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.0790, 37.6978, 9.7028)
Luminance	0.3770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA43C #3C55BD

analogous

#BD643C #BDA43C #96BD3C

triadic

#BDA43C #3CBDA4 #A43CBD

tetradic

#BDA43C #3CBD64 #3C55BD #BD3C96

square

#BDA43C #3CBD64 #3C55BD #BD3C96

split-complementary

#BDA43C #3C96BD #643CBD

monochromatic

#60531F #8F7C2D #BDA43C #CFBB67 #DED096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BDA43C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#BDA43C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA43C

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA43C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA43C	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)

#B4A12E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda43c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 164, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.125 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4be77',
    500: '#bda43c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda43c;
$custom-light: #d4be77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda43c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.372,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72157,
    "c": 0.12456,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA43C

secondary

#8C98C9

accent

#68DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA43C

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

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