#BDA52F#BDA52F

#BDA52F 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	#BDA52F
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 47)
HSL	hsl(50, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 75.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, -3.72, 60.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 60.54, 93.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% -0.0167 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.134 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.9563, 37.9362, 8.1699)
Luminance	0.3793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA52F #2F47BD

analogous

#BD5E2F #BDA52F #8EBD2F

triadic

#BDA52F #2FBDA5 #A52FBD

tetradic

#BDA52F #2FBD5E #2F47BD #BD2F8E

square

#BDA52F #2FBD5E #2F47BD #BD2F8E

split-complementary

#BDA52F #2F8EBD #5E2FBD

monochromatic

#5B4F17 #8C7A23 #BDA52F #D5BF55 #E1D186

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BDA52F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#BDA52F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA52F

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA52F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA52F	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)

#B6A119

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA937

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda52f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.134 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bf70',
    500: '#bda52f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda52f;
$custom-light: #d5bf70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda52f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.859,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72268,
    "c": 0.13381,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA52F

secondary

#7E8BCA

accent

#5FE344

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA52F

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

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