#BDA737#BDA737

#BDA737 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.130 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA737
RGB	rgb(189, 167, 55)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, -4.41, 57.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 58.13, 94.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% -0.0178 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.13 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.4963, 38.7339, 9.2204)
Luminance	0.3873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA737 #374DBD

analogous

#BD6437 #BDA737 #90BD37

triadic

#BDA737 #37BDA7 #A737BD

tetradic

#BDA737 #37BD64 #374DBD #BD3790

square

#BDA737 #37BD64 #374DBD #BD3790

split-complementary

#BDA737 #3790BD #6437BD

monochromatic

#5E531B #8E7D29 #BDA737 #D1BE60 #DFD290

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BDA737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#BDA737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA737

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA737	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A326

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 167, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.130 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c075',
    500: '#bda737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda737;
$custom-light: #d5c075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.149,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72748,
    "c": 0.13028,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA737

secondary

#8691C9

accent

#62DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA737

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

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