#BDA63C#BDA63C

#BDA63C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.126 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA63C
RGB	rgb(189, 166, 60)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 68.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, -3.61, 55.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 55.81, 93.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.0149 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.126 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.4398, 38.4193, 9.8230)
Luminance	0.3842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA63C #3C53BD

analogous

#BD663C #BDA63C #94BD3C

triadic

#BDA63C #3CBDA6 #A63CBD

tetradic

#BDA63C #3CBD66 #3C53BD #BD3C94

square

#BDA63C #3CBD66 #3C53BD #BD3C94

split-complementary

#BDA63C #3C94BD #663CBD

monochromatic

#60541F #8F7D2D #BDA63C #CFBC67 #DED196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BDA63C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#BDA63C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA63C

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA63C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA63C	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)

#B6A22E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda63c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 166, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.126 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c077',
    500: '#bda63c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda63c;
$custom-light: #d4c077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda63c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.302,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72578,
    "c": 0.12604,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA63C

secondary

#8C97C9

accent

#66DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA63C

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

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