#BDA63D#BDA63D

#BDA63D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.125 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA63D
RGB	rgb(189, 166, 61)
HSL	hsl(49, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 67.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, -3.55, 55.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 55.40, 93.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% -0.0146 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.125 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.4665, 38.4299, 9.9636)
Luminance	0.3843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA63D #3D54BD

analogous

#BD663D #BDA63D #94BD3D

triadic

#BDA63D #3DBDA6 #A63DBD

tetradic

#BDA63D #3DBD66 #3D54BD #BD3D94

square

#BDA63D #3DBD66 #3D54BD #BD3D94

split-complementary

#BDA63D #3D94BD #663DBD

monochromatic

#60551F #8F7D2E #BDA63D #CEBC69 #DDD197

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BDA63D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#BDA63D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA63D

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA63D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA63D	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A22F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda63d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 166, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.125 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c078',
    500: '#bda63d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda63d;
$custom-light: #d4c078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda63d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.219,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72586,
    "c": 0.1253,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA63D

secondary

#8D98C9

accent

#67DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA63D

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

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