#BDA530#BDA530

#BDA530 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.133 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA530
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 48)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 74.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.98, -3.68, 60.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.98, 60.18, 93.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% -0.0164 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.133 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.9767, 37.9443, 8.2774)
Luminance	0.3794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA530 #3048BD

analogous

#BD5F30 #BDA530 #8FBD30

triadic

#BDA530 #30BDA5 #A530BD

tetradic

#BDA530 #30BD5F #3048BD #BD308F

square

#BDA530 #30BD5F #3048BD #BD308F

split-complementary

#BDA530 #308FBD #5F30BD

monochromatic

#5B5017 #8C7A24 #BDA530 #D4BF56 #E0D187

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BDA530 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#BDA530 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA530

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA530	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA530	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)

#B6A11B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA937

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda530;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.133 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bf71',
    500: '#bda530',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda530;
$custom-light: #d5bf71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda530",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.787,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72275,
    "c": 0.13322,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA530

secondary

#7F8CCA

accent

#60E345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA530

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

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