#BDA531#BDA531

#BDA531 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.133 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA531
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 49)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 74.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, -3.63, 59.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 59.82, 93.48°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% -0.0162 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.133 97)
XYZ	xyz(34.9976, 37.9527, 8.3873)
Luminance	0.3795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA531 #3149BD

analogous

#BD5F31 #BDA531 #8FBD31

triadic

#BDA531 #31BDA5 #A531BD

tetradic

#BDA531 #31BD5F #3149BD #BD318F

square

#BDA531 #31BD5F #3149BD #BD318F

split-complementary

#BDA531 #318FBD #5F31BD

monochromatic

#5C5018 #8C7B24 #BDA531 #D4BE58 #E0D188

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BDA531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#BDA531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA531

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA531	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	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)

#B6A11D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.133 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bf71',
    500: '#bda531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda531;
$custom-light: #d5bf71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.714,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72282,
    "c": 0.13263,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.37951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA531

secondary

#808DCA

accent

#61E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA531

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

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