#BDA73C#BDA73C

#BDA73C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.127 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA73C
RGB	rgb(189, 167, 60)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 68.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, -4.14, 55.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 56.12, 94.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.79% -0.0164 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(72.79% 0.127 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.6223, 38.7842, 9.8839)
Luminance	0.3878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA73C #3C52BD

analogous

#BD673C #BDA73C #93BD3C

triadic

#BDA73C #3CBDA7 #A73CBD

tetradic

#BDA73C #3CBD67 #3C52BD #BD3C93

square

#BDA73C #3CBD67 #3C52BD #BD3C93

split-complementary

#BDA73C #3C93BD #673CBD

monochromatic

#60551F #8F7E2D #BDA73C #CFBD67 #DED196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BDA73C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#BDA73C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA73C

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA73C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA73C	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A32E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda73c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 167, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.127 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c078',
    500: '#bda73c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda73c;
$custom-light: #d4c078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda73c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.767,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72788,
    "c": 0.1268,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA73C

secondary

#8C96C9

accent

#65DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA73C

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

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