#BDA53D#BDA53D

#BDA53D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.125 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA53D
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 61)
HSL	hsl(49, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 67.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.07, -3.02, 55.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.07, 55.09, 93.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.0131 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.125 96)
XYZ	xyz(35.2854, 38.0678, 9.9032)
Luminance	0.3807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA53D #3D55BD

analogous

#BD653D #BDA53D #95BD3D

triadic

#BDA53D #3DBDA5 #A53DBD

tetradic

#BDA53D #3DBD65 #3D55BD #BD3D95

square

#BDA53D #3DBD65 #3D55BD #BD3D95

split-complementary

#BDA53D #3D95BD #653DBD

monochromatic

#60541F #8F7D2E #BDA53D #CEBB69 #DDD097

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BDA53D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#BDA53D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA53D

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA53D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA53D	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)

#B5A130

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda53d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.125 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bf78',
    500: '#bda53d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda53d;
$custom-light: #d4bf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda53d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72376,
    "c": 0.12455,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.38066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA53D

secondary

#8D98C9

accent

#68DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA53D

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

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