#BDA542#BDA542

#BDA542 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.121 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA542
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 66)
HSL	hsl(48, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.11, -2.72, 52.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.11, 52.95, 92.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% -0.0117 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.121 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.4264, 38.1242, 10.6459)
Luminance	0.3812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA542 #425ABD

analogous

#BD6842 #BDA542 #97BD42

triadic

#BDA542 #42BDA5 #A542BD

tetradic

#BDA542 #42BD68 #425ABD #BD4297

square

#BDA542 #42BD68 #425ABD #BD4297

split-complementary

#BDA542 #4297BD #6842BD

monochromatic

#625622 #907D32 #BDA542 #CDBB6F #DDD09D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BDA542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#BDA542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA542

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA542	1.00	2.43	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.43	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)

#B5A236

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.121 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bf7b',
    500: '#bda542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda542;
$custom-light: #d4bf7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.293,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72422,
    "c": 0.12074,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA542

secondary

#929DC9

accent

#6AD850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA542

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

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