#BDA535#BDA535

#BDA535 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.130 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA535
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 53)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, -3.44, 58.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 58.31, 93.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% -0.0152 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.13 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.0858, 37.9879, 8.8518)
Luminance	0.3799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA535 #354DBD

analogous

#BD6135 #BDA535 #91BD35

triadic

#BDA535 #35BDA5 #A535BD

tetradic

#BDA535 #35BD61 #354DBD #BD3591

square

#BDA535 #35BD61 #354DBD #BD3591

split-complementary

#BDA535 #3591BD #6135BD

monochromatic

#5D521A #8D7B28 #BDA535 #D2BD5D #DFD18D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BDA535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#BDA535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA535

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA535	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)

#B6A124

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.130 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bf73',
    500: '#bda535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda535;
$custom-light: #d5bf73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72311,
    "c": 0.13011,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA535

secondary

#8490CA

accent

#63DF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA535

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

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