#BDA72C#BDA72C

#BDA72C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.137 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA72C
RGB	rgb(189, 167, 44)
HSL	hsl(51, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 76.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, -4.91, 61.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 62.16, 94.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% -0.0203 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.137 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.2614, 38.6399, 7.9833)
Luminance	0.3864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA72C #2C42BD

analogous

#BD5F2C #BDA72C #8ABD2C

triadic

#BDA72C #2CBDA7 #A72CBD

tetradic

#BDA72C #2CBD5F #2C42BD #BD2C8A

square

#BDA72C #2CBD5F #2C42BD #BD2C8A

split-complementary

#BDA72C #2C8ABD #5F2CBD

monochromatic

#5A4F15 #8B7B20 #BDA72C #D6C250 #E2D382

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BDA72C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#BDA72C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA72C

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA72C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA72C	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)

#B8A312

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda72c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 167, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.137 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c06f',
    500: '#bda72c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda72c;
$custom-light: #d5c06f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda72c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.897,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72672,
    "c": 0.13697,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA72C

secondary

#7A86CB

accent

#5BE542

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA72C

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

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