#BDA540#BDA540

#BDA540 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.122 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA540
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 64)
HSL	hsl(48, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 66.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, -2.84, 53.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 53.82, 93.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.0123 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.122 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.3685, 38.1010, 10.3408)
Luminance	0.3810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA540 #4058BD

analogous

#BD6740 #BDA540 #97BD40

triadic

#BDA540 #40BDA5 #A540BD

tetradic

#BDA540 #40BD67 #4058BD #BD4097

square

#BDA540 #40BD67 #4058BD #BD4097

split-complementary

#BDA540 #4097BD #6740BD

monochromatic

#625521 #8F7D31 #BDA540 #CDBB6D #DDD09A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BDA540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#BDA540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA540

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA540	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)

#B5A234

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.122 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bf7a',
    500: '#bda540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda540;
$custom-light: #d4bf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.48,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72403,
    "c": 0.1223,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA540

secondary

#909BC9

accent

#69D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA540

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

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