#BDA53C#BDA53C

#BDA53C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.125 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA53C
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 60)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 68.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, -3.08, 55.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 55.51, 93.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% -0.0134 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.125 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.2587, 38.0571, 9.7627)
Luminance	0.3805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA53C #3C54BD

analogous

#BD653C #BDA53C #95BD3C

triadic

#BDA53C #3CBDA5 #A53CBD

tetradic

#BDA53C #3CBD65 #3C54BD #BD3C95

square

#BDA53C #3CBD65 #3C54BD #BD3C95

split-complementary

#BDA53C #3C95BD #653CBD

monochromatic

#60541F #8F7C2D #BDA53C #CFBC67 #DED096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BDA53C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#BDA53C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA53C

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA53C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA53C	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)

#B5A12E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda53c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.125 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bf77',
    500: '#bda53c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda53c;
$custom-light: #d4bf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda53c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.837,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72367,
    "c": 0.12529,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA53C

secondary

#8C97C9

accent

#67DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA53C

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

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