#BDA625#BDA625

#BDA625 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.140 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA625
RGB	rgb(189, 166, 37)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 80.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, -4.64, 63.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 64.12, 94.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% -0.0202 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.14 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.9583, 38.2267, 7.2871)
Luminance	0.3822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA625 #253CBD

analogous

#BD5A25 #BDA625 #88BD25

triadic

#BDA625 #25BDA6 #A625BD

tetradic

#BDA625 #25BD5A #253CBD #BD2588

square

#BDA625 #25BD5A #253CBD #BD2588

split-complementary

#BDA625 #2588BD #5A25BD

monochromatic

#574C11 #8A791B #BDA625 #DBC445 #E5D478

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BDA625 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#BDA625 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA625

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA625	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA625	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda625;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 166, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.140 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c06c',
    500: '#bda625',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda625;
$custom-light: #d5c06c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda625",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.921,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72421,
    "c": 0.13978,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA625

secondary

#727FCC

accent

#58EA3E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF7EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA625

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

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