#BDA63F#BDA63F

#BDA63F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.124 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA63F
RGB	rgb(189, 166, 63)
HSL	hsl(49, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 66.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.35, -3.44, 54.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.35, 54.55, 93.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% -0.0141 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.124 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.5213, 38.4519, 10.2526)
Luminance	0.3845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA63F #3F56BD

analogous

#BD673F #BDA63F #95BD3F

triadic

#BDA63F #3FBDA6 #A63FBD

tetradic

#BDA63F #3FBD67 #3F56BD #BD3F95

square

#BDA63F #3FBD67 #3F56BD #BD3F95

split-complementary

#BDA63F #3F95BD #673FBD

monochromatic

#615520 #8F7E30 #BDA63F #CEBC6B #DDD199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BDA63F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#BDA63F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA63F

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA63F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA63F	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)

#B6A232

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda63f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 166, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.124 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c079',
    500: '#bda63f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda63f;
$custom-light: #d4c079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda63f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.048,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72604,
    "c": 0.12381,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA63F

secondary

#8F99C9

accent

#68DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA63F

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

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