#BDA642#BDA642

#BDA642 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.121 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA642
RGB	rgb(189, 166, 66)
HSL	hsl(49, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, -3.25, 53.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 53.27, 93.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% -0.0132 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.121 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.6075, 38.4864, 10.7063)
Luminance	0.3849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA642 #4259BD

analogous

#BD6842 #BDA642 #97BD42

triadic

#BDA642 #42BDA6 #A642BD

tetradic

#BDA642 #42BD68 #4259BD #BD4297

square

#BDA642 #42BD68 #4259BD #BD4297

split-complementary

#BDA642 #4297BD #6842BD

monochromatic

#625622 #907E32 #BDA642 #CDBB6F #DDD19D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BDA642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#BDA642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA642

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA642	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A236

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 166, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.121 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c07b',
    500: '#bda642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda642;
$custom-light: #d4c07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.78,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72632,
    "c": 0.12149,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA642

secondary

#929CC9

accent

#69D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA642

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

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