#BDA63A#BDA63A

#BDA63A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.127 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA63A
RGB	rgb(189, 166, 58)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 69.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.31, -3.72, 56.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.31, 56.63, 93.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.56% -0.0155 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(72.56% 0.127 97)
XYZ	xyz(35.3879, 38.3985, 9.5498)
Luminance	0.3840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA63A #3A51BD

analogous

#BD653A #BDA63A #92BD3A

triadic

#BDA63A #3ABDA6 #A63ABD

tetradic

#BDA63A #3ABD65 #3A51BD #BD3A92

square

#BDA63A #3ABD65 #3A51BD #BD3A92

split-complementary

#BDA63A #3A92BD #653ABD

monochromatic

#5F541D #8E7D2C #BDA63A #D0BD65 #DED193

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BDA63A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#BDA63A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA63A

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA63A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA63A	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A22B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda63a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 166, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.127 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c076',
    500: '#bda63a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda63a;
$custom-light: #d4c076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda63a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.466,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72561,
    "c": 0.12746,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.38397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA63A

secondary

#8A95C9

accent

#65DC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA63A

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

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