#BDA541#BDA541

#BDA541 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.122 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA541
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 65)
HSL	hsl(48, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 65.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.10, -2.78, 53.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.10, 53.39, 92.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.012 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.122 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.3972, 38.1125, 10.4920)
Luminance	0.3811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA541 #4159BD

analogous

#BD6741 #BDA541 #97BD41

triadic

#BDA541 #41BDA5 #A541BD

tetradic

#BDA541 #41BD67 #4159BD #BD4197

square

#BDA541 #41BD67 #4159BD #BD4197

split-complementary

#BDA541 #4197BD #6741BD

monochromatic

#625522 #8F7D31 #BDA541 #CDBB6E #DDD09C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BDA541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#BDA541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA541

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA541	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)

#B5A235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.122 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bf7a',
    500: '#bda541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda541;
$custom-light: #d4bf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.387,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72413,
    "c": 0.12152,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA541

secondary

#919CC9

accent

#6AD84F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA541

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

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