#BDA636#BDA636

#BDA636 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.130 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA636
RGB	rgb(189, 166, 54)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, -3.93, 58.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 58.22, 93.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% -0.0165 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.13 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.2901, 38.3594, 9.0346)
Luminance	0.3836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA636 #364DBD

analogous

#BD6336 #BDA636 #90BD36

triadic

#BDA636 #36BDA6 #A636BD

tetradic

#BDA636 #36BD63 #364DBD #BD3690

square

#BDA636 #36BD63 #364DBD #BD3690

split-complementary

#BDA636 #3690BD #6336BD

monochromatic

#5E521B #8D7C28 #BDA636 #D1BE5F #DFD18F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BDA636 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#BDA636 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA636

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA636	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA636	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)

#B7A225

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda636;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 166, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.130 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c074',
    500: '#bda636',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda636;
$custom-light: #d5c074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda636",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.778,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72529,
    "c": 0.13019,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA636

secondary

#8591C9

accent

#62DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA636

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

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