#BDA640#BDA640

#BDA640 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.123 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA640
RGB	rgb(189, 166, 64)
HSL	hsl(49, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 66.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.36, -3.38, 54.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.36, 54.13, 93.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% -0.0138 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.123 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.5495, 38.4632, 10.4011)
Luminance	0.3846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA640 #4057BD

analogous

#BD6840 #BDA640 #96BD40

triadic

#BDA640 #40BDA6 #A640BD

tetradic

#BDA640 #40BD68 #4057BD #BD4096

square

#BDA640 #40BD68 #4057BD #BD4096

split-complementary

#BDA640 #4096BD #6840BD

monochromatic

#625621 #8F7E31 #BDA640 #CDBC6D #DDD19A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BDA640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#BDA640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA640

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA640	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)

#B6A233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 166, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.123 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c07a',
    500: '#bda640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda640;
$custom-light: #d4c07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.96,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72613,
    "c": 0.12305,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA640

secondary

#909AC9

accent

#68D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA640

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

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