#BDA735#BDA735

#BDA735 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.132 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA735
RGB	rgb(189, 167, 53)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, -4.51, 58.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 58.90, 94.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% -0.0183 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.132 98)
XYZ	xyz(35.4493, 38.7151, 8.9730)
Luminance	0.3871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA735 #354BBD

analogous

#BD6335 #BDA735 #8FBD35

triadic

#BDA735 #35BDA7 #A735BD

tetradic

#BDA735 #35BD63 #354BBD #BD358F

square

#BDA735 #35BD63 #354BBD #BD358F

split-complementary

#BDA735 #358FBD #6335BD

monochromatic

#5D531A #8D7D28 #BDA735 #D2BF5D #DFD28D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BDA735 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#BDA735 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA735

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA735	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA735	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A323

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda735;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 167, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.132 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c074',
    500: '#bda735',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda735;
$custom-light: #d5c074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda735",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.294,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72733,
    "c": 0.13159,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.38713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA735

secondary

#848FCA

accent

#61DF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA735

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

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