#BDA63B#BDA63B

#BDA63B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.127 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA63B
RGB	rgb(189, 166, 59)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 68.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.32, -3.66, 56.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.32, 56.22, 93.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.0152 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.127 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.4136, 38.4088, 9.6851)
Luminance	0.3841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA63B #3B52BD

analogous

#BD653B #BDA63B #93BD3B

triadic

#BDA63B #3BBDA6 #A63BBD

tetradic

#BDA63B #3BBD65 #3B52BD #BD3B93

square

#BDA63B #3BBD65 #3B52BD #BD3B93

split-complementary

#BDA63B #3B93BD #653BBD

monochromatic

#60541E #8E7D2C #BDA63B #CFBD66 #DED195

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BDA63B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#BDA63B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA63B

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA63B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA63B	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)

#B6A22C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda63b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 166, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.127 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c077',
    500: '#bda63b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda63b;
$custom-light: #d4c077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda63b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.385,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72569,
    "c": 0.12675,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA63B

secondary

#8B96C9

accent

#65DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA63B

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

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