#BDA73A#BDA73A

#BDA73A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.128 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA73A
RGB	rgb(189, 167, 58)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 69.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, -4.25, 56.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 56.94, 94.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% -0.017 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.128 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5704, 38.7635, 9.6107)
Luminance	0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA73A #3A50BD

analogous

#BD663A #BDA73A #91BD3A

triadic

#BDA73A #3ABDA7 #A73ABD

tetradic

#BDA73A #3ABD66 #3A50BD #BD3A91

square

#BDA73A #3ABD66 #3A50BD #BD3A91

split-complementary

#BDA73A #3A91BD #663ABD

monochromatic

#5F541D #8E7E2C #BDA73A #D0BE65 #DED193

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BDA73A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#BDA73A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA73A

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA73A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA73A	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)

#B7A32B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda73a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 167, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.128 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c076',
    500: '#bda73a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda73a;
$custom-light: #d4c076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda73a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.924,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72772,
    "c": 0.12822,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA73A

secondary

#8A94C9

accent

#64DC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA73A

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

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