#BDA53E#BDA53E

#BDA53E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.124 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA53E
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 62)
HSL	hsl(49, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 67.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.08, -2.96, 54.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.08, 54.67, 93.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% -0.0128 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.124 96)
XYZ	xyz(35.3126, 38.0787, 10.0464)
Luminance	0.3808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA53E #3E56BD

analogous

#BD653E #BDA53E #96BD3E

triadic

#BDA53E #3EBDA5 #A53EBD

tetradic

#BDA53E #3EBD65 #3E56BD #BD3E96

square

#BDA53E #3EBD65 #3E56BD #BD3E96

split-complementary

#BDA53E #3E96BD #653EBD

monochromatic

#615520 #8F7D2F #BDA53E #CEBB6A #DDD098

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BDA53E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#BDA53E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA53E

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA53E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA53E	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A231

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda53e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.124 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bf79',
    500: '#bda53e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda53e;
$custom-light: #d4bf79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda53e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.661,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72385,
    "c": 0.12381,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.38077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA53E

secondary

#8E99C9

accent

#68DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA53E

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

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