#BDA536#BDA536

#BDA536 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.129 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA536
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 54)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, -3.40, 57.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 57.92, 93.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% -0.015 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.129 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.1090, 37.9972, 8.9742)
Luminance	0.3800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA536 #364EBD

analogous

#BD6136 #BDA536 #92BD36

triadic

#BDA536 #36BDA5 #A536BD

tetradic

#BDA536 #36BD61 #364EBD #BD3692

square

#BDA536 #36BD61 #364EBD #BD3692

split-complementary

#BDA536 #3692BD #6136BD

monochromatic

#5E521B #8D7B28 #BDA536 #D1BD5F #DFD18F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BDA536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#BDA536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA536

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA536	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)

#B6A125

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.129 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bf74',
    500: '#bda536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda536;
$custom-light: #d5bf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.333,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72318,
    "c": 0.12945,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA536

secondary

#8591C9

accent

#64DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA536

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

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