#BDA641#BDA641

#BDA641 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.122 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA641
RGB	rgb(189, 166, 65)
HSL	hsl(49, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 65.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, -3.31, 53.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 53.70, 93.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% -0.0135 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.122 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.5782, 38.4747, 10.5523)
Luminance	0.3847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA641 #4158BD

analogous

#BD6841 #BDA641 #96BD41

triadic

#BDA641 #41BDA6 #A641BD

tetradic

#BDA641 #41BD68 #4158BD #BD4196

square

#BDA641 #41BD68 #4158BD #BD4196

split-complementary

#BDA641 #4196BD #6841BD

monochromatic

#625622 #8F7E31 #BDA641 #CDBC6E #DDD19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BDA641 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#BDA641 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA641

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA641	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA641	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)

#B6A235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda641;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 166, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.122 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c07a',
    500: '#bda641',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda641;
$custom-light: #d4c07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda641",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.871,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72623,
    "c": 0.12228,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA641

secondary

#919BC9

accent

#69D84F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA641

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

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