#BDA534#BDA534

#BDA534 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.131 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA534
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 52)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 72.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, -3.49, 58.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 58.69, 93.41°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.0155 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.131 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.0630, 37.9788, 8.7319)
Luminance	0.3798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA534 #344CBD

analogous

#BD6134 #BDA534 #91BD34

triadic

#BDA534 #34BDA5 #A534BD

tetradic

#BDA534 #34BD61 #344CBD #BD3491

square

#BDA534 #34BD61 #344CBD #BD3491

split-complementary

#BDA534 #3491BD #6134BD

monochromatic

#5D511A #8D7B27 #BDA534 #D2BD5C #DFD18C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BDA534 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#BDA534 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA534

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA534	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA534	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A122

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda534;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.131 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bf73',
    500: '#bda534',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda534;
$custom-light: #d5bf73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda534",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.489,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72303,
    "c": 0.13075,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA534

secondary

#838FCA

accent

#62E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA534

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

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