#BDA523#BDA523

#BDA523 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.140 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA523
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 35)
HSL	hsl(51, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 81.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.91, -4.17, 64.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.91, 64.44, 93.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.2% -0.0191 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(72.2% 0.14 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.7466, 37.8523, 7.0658)
Luminance	0.3785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA523 #233BBD

analogous

#BD5823 #BDA523 #88BD23

triadic

#BDA523 #23BDA5 #A523BD

tetradic

#BDA523 #23BD58 #233BBD #BD2388

square

#BDA523 #23BD58 #233BBD #BD2388

split-complementary

#BDA523 #2388BD #5823BD

monochromatic

#564B10 #897819 #BDA523 #DCC441 #E5D475

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BDA523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#BDA523 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA523

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA523	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)

#BDA92D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.140 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bf6b',
    500: '#bda523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda523;
$custom-light: #d5bf6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.649,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.722,
    "c": 0.13999,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA523

secondary

#6F7ECD

accent

#58EC3C

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA523

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

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