#BDA623#BDA623

#BDA623 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.141 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA623
RGB	rgb(189, 166, 35)
HSL	hsl(51, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 81.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.18, -4.70, 64.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.18, 64.71, 94.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.0206 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.141 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.9277, 38.2144, 7.1262)
Luminance	0.3821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA623 #233ABD

analogous

#BD5923 #BDA623 #87BD23

triadic

#BDA623 #23BDA6 #A623BD

tetradic

#BDA623 #23BD59 #233ABD #BD2387

square

#BDA623 #23BD59 #233ABD #BD2387

split-complementary

#BDA623 #2387BD #5923BD

monochromatic

#564B10 #897919 #BDA623 #DCC541 #E5D575

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BDA623 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#BDA623 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA623

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA623	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA623	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda623;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 166, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.141 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c06b',
    500: '#bda623',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda623;
$custom-light: #d5c06b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda623",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.039,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72411,
    "c": 0.14069,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA623

secondary

#6F7DCD

accent

#56EC3C

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF7EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA623

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

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