#BDA62B#BDA62B

#BDA62B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.137 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA62B
RGB	rgb(189, 166, 43)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 77.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.22, -4.42, 62.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.22, 62.21, 94.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% -0.019 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.137 98)
XYZ	xyz(35.0603, 38.2675, 7.8247)
Luminance	0.3827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA62B #2B42BD

analogous

#BD5D2B #BDA62B #8BBD2B

triadic

#BDA62B #2BBDA6 #A62BBD

tetradic

#BDA62B #2BBD5D #2B42BD #BD2B8B

square

#BDA62B #2BBD5D #2B42BD #BD2B8B

split-complementary

#BDA62B #2B8BBD #5D2BBD

monochromatic

#594E14 #8B7A20 #BDA62B #D7C14E #E2D380

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BDA62B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#BDA62B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA62B

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA62B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA62B	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)

#B7A210

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda62b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 166, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.137 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c06e',
    500: '#bda62b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda62b;
$custom-light: #d5c06e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda62b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.548,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72454,
    "c": 0.13677,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.38266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA62B

secondary

#7986CB

accent

#5CE642

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA62B

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

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