#BDA635#BDA635

#BDA635 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.131 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA635
RGB	rgb(189, 166, 53)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, -3.98, 58.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 58.60, 93.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.0168 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.131 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.2668, 38.3501, 8.9122)
Luminance	0.3835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA635 #354CBD

analogous

#BD6235 #BDA635 #90BD35

triadic

#BDA635 #35BDA6 #A635BD

tetradic

#BDA635 #35BD62 #354CBD #BD3590

square

#BDA635 #35BD62 #354CBD #BD3590

split-complementary

#BDA635 #3590BD #6235BD

monochromatic

#5D521A #8D7C28 #BDA635 #D2BE5D #DFD18D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BDA635 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#BDA635 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA635

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA635	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA635	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A223

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda635;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 166, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.131 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c074',
    500: '#bda635',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda635;
$custom-light: #d5c074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda635",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.853,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72521,
    "c": 0.13085,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA635

secondary

#8490CA

accent

#62DF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA635

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

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