#BDA72B#BDA72B

#BDA72B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.138 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA72B
RGB	rgb(189, 167, 43)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 77.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, -4.95, 62.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 62.49, 94.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% -0.0205 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.138 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.2428, 38.6325, 7.8855)
Luminance	0.3863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA72B #2B41BD

analogous

#BD5E2B #BDA72B #8ABD2B

triadic

#BDA72B #2BBDA7 #A72BBD

tetradic

#BDA72B #2BBD5E #2B41BD #BD2B8A

square

#BDA72B #2BBD5E #2B41BD #BD2B8A

split-complementary

#BDA72B #2B8ABD #5E2BBD

monochromatic

#594F14 #8B7B20 #BDA72B #D7C24E #E2D380

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BDA72B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#BDA72B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA72B

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA72B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA72B	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A30F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda72b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 167, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.138 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c06f',
    500: '#bda72b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda72b;
$custom-light: #d5c06f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda72b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.959,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72666,
    "c": 0.13751,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA72B

secondary

#7985CB

accent

#5BE642

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA72B

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

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