#BDA537#BDA537

#BDA537 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.129 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA537
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 55)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.03, -3.34, 57.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.03, 57.53, 93.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% -0.0147 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.129 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.1327, 38.0067, 9.0992)
Luminance	0.3800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA537 #374FBD

analogous

#BD6237 #BDA537 #92BD37

triadic

#BDA537 #37BDA5 #A537BD

tetradic

#BDA537 #37BD62 #374FBD #BD3792

square

#BDA537 #37BD62 #374FBD #BD3792

split-complementary

#BDA537 #3792BD #6237BD

monochromatic

#5E521B #8E7C29 #BDA537 #D1BD60 #DFD190

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BDA537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#BDA537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA537

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA537	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)

#B6A127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.129 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bf75',
    500: '#bda537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda537;
$custom-light: #d5bf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.254,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72326,
    "c": 0.12879,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA537

secondary

#8692C9

accent

#64DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA537

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

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