#BDA442#BDA442

#BDA442 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.120 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA442
RGB	rgb(189, 164, 66)
HSL	hsl(48, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, -2.19, 52.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 52.64, 92.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% -0.0101 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.12 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.2467, 37.7649, 10.5860)
Luminance	0.3776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA442 #425BBD

analogous

#BD6742 #BDA442 #98BD42

triadic

#BDA442 #42BDA4 #A442BD

tetradic

#BDA442 #42BD67 #425BBD #BD4298

square

#BDA442 #42BD67 #425BBD #BD4298

split-complementary

#BDA442 #4298BD #6742BD

monochromatic

#625522 #907D32 #BDA442 #CDBA6F #DDD09D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BDA442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#BDA442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA442

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA442	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)

#B4A136

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 164, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.120 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4be7b',
    500: '#bda442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda442;
$custom-light: #d4be7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.805,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72213,
    "c": 0.12,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA442

secondary

#929DC9

accent

#6CD850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA442

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

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