#BDA52E#BDA52E

#BDA52E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.134 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA52E
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 46)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 75.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, -3.76, 60.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 60.90, 93.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% -0.0169 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.134 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.9363, 37.9282, 8.0649)
Luminance	0.3793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA52E #2E46BD

analogous

#BD5D2E #BDA52E #8DBD2E

triadic

#BDA52E #2EBDA5 #A52EBD

tetradic

#BDA52E #2EBD5D #2E46BD #BD2E8D

square

#BDA52E #2EBD5D #2E46BD #BD2E8D

split-complementary

#BDA52E #2E8DBD #5D2EBD

monochromatic

#5B4F16 #8C7A22 #BDA52E #D5BF53 #E1D284

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BDA52E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#BDA52E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA52E

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA52E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA52E	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A117

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda52e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.134 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bf70',
    500: '#bda52e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda52e;
$custom-light: #d5bf70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda52e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.93,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72262,
    "c": 0.13439,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA52E

secondary

#7C89CA

accent

#5FE444

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA52E

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

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