#BDA736#BDA736

#BDA736 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.131 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA736
RGB	rgb(189, 167, 54)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, -4.46, 58.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 58.52, 94.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% -0.018 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.131 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.4726, 38.7244, 9.0954)
Luminance	0.3872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA736 #364CBD

analogous

#BD6336 #BDA736 #90BD36

triadic

#BDA736 #36BDA7 #A736BD

tetradic

#BDA736 #36BD63 #364CBD #BD3690

square

#BDA736 #36BD63 #364CBD #BD3690

split-complementary

#BDA736 #3690BD #6336BD

monochromatic

#5E531B #8D7D28 #BDA736 #D1BF5F #DFD28F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BDA736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#BDA736 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA736

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA736	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)

#B8A325

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 167, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.131 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c074',
    500: '#bda736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda736;
$custom-light: #d5c074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.222,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7274,
    "c": 0.13095,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA736

secondary

#8590C9

accent

#61DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA736

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

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