#BDA626#BDA626

#BDA626 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.139 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA626
RGB	rgb(189, 166, 38)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 79.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, -4.60, 63.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 63.81, 94.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% -0.02 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.139 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.9742, 38.2330, 7.3709)
Luminance	0.3823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA626 #263DBD

analogous

#BD5B26 #BDA626 #89BD26

triadic

#BDA626 #26BDA6 #A626BD

tetradic

#BDA626 #26BD5B #263DBD #BD2689

square

#BDA626 #26BD5B #263DBD #BD2689

split-complementary

#BDA626 #2689BD #5B26BD

monochromatic

#574C12 #8A791C #BDA626 #DAC346 #E4D479

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BDA626 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#BDA626 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA626

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA626	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA626	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)

#BDAA30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda626;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 166, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.139 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c06c',
    500: '#bda626',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda626;
$custom-light: #d5c06c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda626",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.861,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72426,
    "c": 0.13931,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA626

secondary

#7380CC

accent

#58E93E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF7EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA626

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

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