#BDA521#BDA521

#BDA521 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.141 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA521
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 33)
HSL	hsl(51, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 82.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.90, -4.23, 64.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.90, 65.01, 93.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.0194 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.141 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.7178, 37.8408, 6.9139)
Luminance	0.3784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA521 #2139BD

analogous

#BD5721 #BDA521 #87BD21

triadic

#BDA521 #21BDA5 #A521BD

tetradic

#BDA521 #21BD57 #2139BD #BD2187

square

#BDA521 #21BD57 #2139BD #BD2187

split-complementary

#BDA521 #2187BD #5721BD

monochromatic

#554A0F #897818 #BDA521 #DDC53E #E6D472

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BDA521 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#BDA521 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA521

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA521	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA521	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA92C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda521;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.141 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bf6a',
    500: '#bda521',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda521;
$custom-light: #d5bf6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda521",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7219,
    "c": 0.14085,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA521

secondary

#6D7BCD

accent

#56ED3B

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA521

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

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