#BDA62E#BDA62E

#BDA62E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.135 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA62E
RGB	rgb(189, 166, 46)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 75.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.23, -4.30, 61.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.23, 61.18, 94.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.0184 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.135 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.1174, 38.2903, 8.1253)
Luminance	0.3829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA62E #2E45BD

analogous

#BD5E2E #BDA62E #8CBD2E

triadic

#BDA62E #2EBDA6 #A62EBD

tetradic

#BDA62E #2EBD5E #2E45BD #BD2E8C

square

#BDA62E #2EBD5E #2E45BD #BD2E8C

split-complementary

#BDA62E #2E8CBD #5E2EBD

monochromatic

#5B5016 #8C7B22 #BDA62E #D5C053 #E1D284

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BDA62E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#BDA62E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA62E

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA62E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA62E	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A217

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda62e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 166, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.135 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c070',
    500: '#bda62e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda62e;
$custom-light: #d5c070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda62e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.35,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72473,
    "c": 0.13511,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA62E

secondary

#7C89CA

accent

#5EE444

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA62E

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

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