#BDA739#BDA739

#BDA739 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.129 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA739
RGB	rgb(189, 167, 57)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 69.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, -4.30, 57.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 57.34, 94.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% -0.0173 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.129 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.5452, 38.7534, 9.4780)
Luminance	0.3875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA739 #394FBD

analogous

#BD6539 #BDA739 #91BD39

triadic

#BDA739 #39BDA7 #A739BD

tetradic

#BDA739 #39BD65 #394FBD #BD3991

square

#BDA739 #39BD65 #394FBD #BD3991

split-complementary

#BDA739 #3991BD #6539BD

monochromatic

#5F541D #8E7D2B #BDA739 #D0BE63 #DED292

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BDA739 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#BDA739 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA739

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA739	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA739	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)

#B7A329

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda739;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 167, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.129 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c076',
    500: '#bda739',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda739;
$custom-light: #d4c076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda739",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72764,
    "c": 0.12892,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA739

secondary

#8993C9

accent

#63DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA739

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

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