#BDA43D#BDA43D

#BDA43D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.124 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA43D
RGB	rgb(189, 164, 61)
HSL	hsl(48, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 67.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.81, -2.49, 54.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.81, 54.79, 92.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% -0.0116 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.124 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.1057, 37.7085, 9.8433)
Luminance	0.3771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA43D #3D56BD

analogous

#BD643D #BDA43D #96BD3D

triadic

#BDA43D #3DBDA4 #A43DBD

tetradic

#BDA43D #3DBD64 #3D56BD #BD3D96

square

#BDA43D #3DBD64 #3D56BD #BD3D96

split-complementary

#BDA43D #3D96BD #643DBD

monochromatic

#60541F #8F7C2E #BDA43D #CEBB69 #DDD097

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BDA43D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#BDA43D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA43D

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA43D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA43D	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)

#B4A130

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda43d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 164, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.124 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4be78',
    500: '#bda43d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda43d;
$custom-light: #d4be78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda43d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.281,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72166,
    "c": 0.12382,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA43D

secondary

#8D99C9

accent

#69DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA43D

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

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