#BDA53B#BDA53B

#BDA53B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.126 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA53B
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 59)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 68.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, -3.13, 55.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 55.92, 93.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% -0.0137 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.126 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.2325, 38.0467, 9.6248)
Luminance	0.3805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA53B #3B53BD

analogous

#BD643B #BDA53B #94BD3B

triadic

#BDA53B #3BBDA5 #A53BBD

tetradic

#BDA53B #3BBD64 #3B53BD #BD3B94

square

#BDA53B #3BBD64 #3B53BD #BD3B94

split-complementary

#BDA53B #3B94BD #643BBD

monochromatic

#60541E #8E7C2C #BDA53B #CFBC66 #DED095

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BDA53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#BDA53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA53B

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA53B	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A12D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.126 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bf77',
    500: '#bda53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda53b;
$custom-light: #d4bf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.923,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72359,
    "c": 0.126,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA53B

secondary

#8B96C9

accent

#67DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA53B

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

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