#BDA63E#BDA63E

#BDA63E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.125 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA63E
RGB	rgb(189, 166, 62)
HSL	hsl(49, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 67.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, -3.49, 54.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 54.98, 93.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% -0.0144 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.125 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.4936, 38.4408, 10.1068)
Luminance	0.3844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA63E #3E55BD

analogous

#BD673E #BDA63E #95BD3E

triadic

#BDA63E #3EBDA6 #A63EBD

tetradic

#BDA63E #3EBD67 #3E55BD #BD3E95

square

#BDA63E #3EBD67 #3E55BD #BD3E95

split-complementary

#BDA63E #3E95BD #673EBD

monochromatic

#615520 #8F7E2F #BDA63E #CEBC6A #DDD198

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BDA63E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#BDA63E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA63E

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA63E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA63E	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)

#B6A231

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda63e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 166, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.125 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c079',
    500: '#bda63e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda63e;
$custom-light: #d4c079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda63e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.134,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72595,
    "c": 0.12456,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA63E

secondary

#8E99C9

accent

#67DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA63E

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

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