#BDA637#BDA637

#BDA637 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.130 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA637
RGB	rgb(189, 166, 55)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.29, -3.88, 57.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.29, 57.83, 93.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% -0.0163 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.13 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.3138, 38.3689, 9.1595)
Luminance	0.3837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA637 #374EBD

analogous

#BD6337 #BDA637 #91BD37

triadic

#BDA637 #37BDA6 #A637BD

tetradic

#BDA637 #37BD63 #374EBD #BD3791

square

#BDA637 #37BD63 #374EBD #BD3791

split-complementary

#BDA637 #3791BD #6337BD

monochromatic

#5E531B #8E7C29 #BDA637 #D1BE60 #DFD190

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BDA637 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#BDA637 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA637

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA637	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA637	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)

#B7A227

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda637;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 166, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.130 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c075',
    500: '#bda637',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda637;
$custom-light: #d5c075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda637",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.701,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72537,
    "c": 0.12952,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA637

secondary

#8692C9

accent

#63DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA637

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

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