#BDA539#BDA539

#BDA539 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.127 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA539
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 57)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 69.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.04, -3.24, 56.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.04, 56.73, 93.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% -0.0142 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.127 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.1816, 38.0263, 9.3568)
Luminance	0.3802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA539 #3951BD

analogous

#BD6339 #BDA539 #93BD39

triadic

#BDA539 #39BDA5 #A539BD

tetradic

#BDA539 #39BD63 #3951BD #BD3993

square

#BDA539 #39BD63 #3951BD #BD3993

split-complementary

#BDA539 #3993BD #6339BD

monochromatic

#5F531D #8E7C2B #BDA539 #D0BC63 #DED092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BDA539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#BDA539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA539

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA539	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)

#B6A12A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.127 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bf76',
    500: '#bda539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda539;
$custom-light: #d4bf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72342,
    "c": 0.12742,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA539

secondary

#8994C9

accent

#65DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA539

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

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