#BDA52B#BDA52B

#BDA52B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.136 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA52B
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 43)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 77.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.95, -3.89, 61.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.95, 61.93, 93.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% -0.0175 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.136 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.8793, 37.9054, 7.7643)
Luminance	0.3790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA52B #2B43BD

analogous

#BD5C2B #BDA52B #8CBD2B

triadic

#BDA52B #2BBDA5 #A52BBD

tetradic

#BDA52B #2BBD5C #2B43BD #BD2B8C

square

#BDA52B #2BBD5C #2B43BD #BD2B8C

split-complementary

#BDA52B #2B8CBD #5C2BBD

monochromatic

#594E14 #8B7920 #BDA52B #D7C04E #E2D280

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BDA52B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#BDA52B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA52B

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA52B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA52B	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A110

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA933

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda52b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.136 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bf6e',
    500: '#bda52b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda52b;
$custom-light: #d5bf6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda52b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.137,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72243,
    "c": 0.13606,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA52B

secondary

#7986CB

accent

#5DE642

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA52B

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

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