#BDA440#BDA440

#BDA440 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.122 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA440
RGB	rgb(189, 164, 64)
HSL	hsl(48, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 66.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.83, -2.31, 53.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.83, 53.51, 92.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.0107 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.122 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.1888, 37.7417, 10.2809)
Luminance	0.3774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA440 #4059BD

analogous

#BD6640 #BDA440 #98BD40

triadic

#BDA440 #40BDA4 #A440BD

tetradic

#BDA440 #40BD66 #4059BD #BD4098

square

#BDA440 #40BD66 #4059BD #BD4098

split-complementary

#BDA440 #4098BD #6640BD

monochromatic

#625521 #8F7C31 #BDA440 #CDBA6D #DDD09A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BDA440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#BDA440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA440

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA440	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)

#B4A134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 164, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.122 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4be7a',
    500: '#bda440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda440;
$custom-light: #d4be7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72193,
    "c": 0.12155,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA440

secondary

#909BC9

accent

#6AD94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA440

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

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