#BDA73B#BDA73B

#BDA73B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.128 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA73B
RGB	rgb(189, 167, 59)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 68.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, -4.19, 56.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 56.53, 94.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% -0.0167 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.128 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.5961, 38.7738, 9.7460)
Luminance	0.3877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA73B #3B51BD

analogous

#BD663B #BDA73B #92BD3B

triadic

#BDA73B #3BBDA7 #A73BBD

tetradic

#BDA73B #3BBD66 #3B51BD #BD3B92

square

#BDA73B #3BBD66 #3B51BD #BD3B92

split-complementary

#BDA73B #3B92BD #663BBD

monochromatic

#60551E #8E7E2C #BDA73B #CFBD66 #DED195

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BDA73B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#BDA73B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA73B

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA73B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA73B	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)

#B7A32C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda73b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 167, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.128 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c077',
    500: '#bda73b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda73b;
$custom-light: #d4c077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda73b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.846,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7278,
    "c": 0.12752,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA73B

secondary

#8B95C9

accent

#64DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA73B

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

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