#BDA643#BDA643

#BDA643 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.121 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA643
RGB	rgb(189, 166, 67)
HSL	hsl(49, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 64.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, -3.19, 52.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 52.83, 93.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.0129 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.121 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.6372, 38.4982, 10.8629)
Luminance	0.3850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA643 #435ABD

analogous

#BD6943 #BDA643 #97BD43

triadic

#BDA643 #43BDA6 #A643BD

tetradic

#BDA643 #43BD69 #435ABD #BD4397

square

#BDA643 #43BD69 #435ABD #BD4397

split-complementary

#BDA643 #4397BD #6943BD

monochromatic

#635723 #907F33 #BDA643 #CDBB70 #DDD19E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BDA643 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#BDA643 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA643

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA643	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA643	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)

#B6A237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda643;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 166, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.121 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c07c',
    500: '#bda643',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda643;
$custom-light: #d4c07c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda643",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.689,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72642,
    "c": 0.1207,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA643

secondary

#939DC9

accent

#6AD850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA643

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

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