#BDA525#BDA525

#BDA525 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.139 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA525
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 37)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 80.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.92, -4.11, 63.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.92, 63.85, 93.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% -0.0187 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.139 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.7772, 37.8645, 7.2267)
Luminance	0.3786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA525 #253DBD

analogous

#BD5925 #BDA525 #89BD25

triadic

#BDA525 #25BDA5 #A525BD

tetradic

#BDA525 #25BD59 #253DBD #BD2589

square

#BDA525 #25BD59 #253DBD #BD2589

split-complementary

#BDA525 #2589BD #5925BD

monochromatic

#574C11 #8A781B #BDA525 #DBC345 #E5D378

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BDA525 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#BDA525 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA525

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA525	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA525	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)

#BDA92F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda525;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.139 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bf6c',
    500: '#bda525',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda525;
$custom-light: #d5bf6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda525",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7221,
    "c": 0.13906,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA525

secondary

#7280CC

accent

#59EA3E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA525

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

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