#BDA43E#BDA43E

#BDA43E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.123 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA43E
RGB	rgb(189, 164, 62)
HSL	hsl(48, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 67.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.81, -2.43, 54.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.81, 54.37, 92.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% -0.0113 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.123 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.1329, 37.7194, 9.9865)
Luminance	0.3772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA43E #3E57BD

analogous

#BD653E #BDA43E #97BD3E

triadic

#BDA43E #3EBDA4 #A43EBD

tetradic

#BDA43E #3EBD65 #3E57BD #BD3E97

square

#BDA43E #3EBD65 #3E57BD #BD3E97

split-complementary

#BDA43E #3E97BD #653EBD

monochromatic

#615420 #8F7C2F #BDA43E #CEBA6A #DDD098

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BDA43E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#BDA43E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA43E

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA43E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA43E	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)

#B4A131

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda43e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 164, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.123 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4be78',
    500: '#bda43e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda43e;
$custom-light: #d4be78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda43e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.189,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72175,
    "c": 0.12308,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA43E

secondary

#8E99C9

accent

#69DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA43E

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

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