#BDA725#BDA725

#BDA725 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.141 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA725
RGB	rgb(189, 167, 37)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 80.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, -5.17, 64.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 64.39, 94.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% -0.0217 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.141 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.1407, 38.5916, 7.3479)
Luminance	0.3859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA725 #253BBD

analogous

#BD5B25 #BDA725 #87BD25

triadic

#BDA725 #25BDA7 #A725BD

tetradic

#BDA725 #25BD5B #253BBD #BD2587

square

#BDA725 #25BD5B #253BBD #BD2587

split-complementary

#BDA725 #2587BD #5B25BD

monochromatic

#574D11 #8A7A1B #BDA725 #DBC545 #E5D578

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BDA725 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#BDA725 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA725

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA725	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA725	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda725;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 167, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.141 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c06c',
    500: '#bda725',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda725;
$custom-light: #d5c06c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda725",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.316,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72633,
    "c": 0.14051,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA725

secondary

#727FCC

accent

#57EA3E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF7EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA725

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

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