#BDA43F#BDA43F

#BDA43F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.122 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA43F
RGB	rgb(189, 164, 63)
HSL	hsl(48, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 66.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.82, -2.37, 53.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.82, 53.94, 92.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% -0.011 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.122 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.1606, 37.7304, 10.1324)
Luminance	0.3773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA43F #3F58BD

analogous

#BD653F #BDA43F #97BD3F

triadic

#BDA43F #3FBDA4 #A43FBD

tetradic

#BDA43F #3FBD65 #3F58BD #BD3F97

square

#BDA43F #3FBD65 #3F58BD #BD3F97

split-complementary

#BDA43F #3F97BD #653FBD

monochromatic

#615420 #8F7C30 #BDA43F #CEBA6B #DDD099

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BDA43F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#BDA43F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA43F

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA43F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA43F	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A132

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda43f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 164, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.122 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4be79',
    500: '#bda43f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda43f;
$custom-light: #d4be79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda43f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.095,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72184,
    "c": 0.12233,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA43F

secondary

#8F9AC9

accent

#6ADA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA43F

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

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