#BDA72D#BDA72D

#BDA72D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.136 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA72D
RGB	rgb(189, 167, 45)
HSL	hsl(51, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 76.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.50, -4.87, 61.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.50, 61.82, 94.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.0201 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.136 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.2804, 38.6475, 8.0835)
Luminance	0.3865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA72D #2D43BD

analogous

#BD5F2D #BDA72D #8BBD2D

triadic

#BDA72D #2DBDA7 #A72DBD

tetradic

#BDA72D #2DBD5F #2D43BD #BD2D8B

square

#BDA72D #2DBD5F #2D43BD #BD2D8B

split-complementary

#BDA72D #2D8BBD #5F2DBD

monochromatic

#5A5015 #8C7B21 #BDA72D #D6C152 #E1D383

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BDA72D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#BDA72D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA72D

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA72D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA72D	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)

#B8A314

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda72d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 167, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.136 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c070',
    500: '#bda72d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda72d;
$custom-light: #d5c070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda72d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.833,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72678,
    "c": 0.13641,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA72D

secondary

#7B87CB

accent

#5CE543

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA72D

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

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