#BDA73D#BDA73D

#BDA73D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.126 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA73D
RGB	rgb(189, 167, 61)
HSL	hsl(50, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 67.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, -4.08, 55.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 55.71, 94.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.0162 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.126 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.6489, 38.7949, 10.0244)
Luminance	0.3879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA73D #3D53BD

analogous

#BD673D #BDA73D #93BD3D

triadic

#BDA73D #3DBDA7 #A73DBD

tetradic

#BDA73D #3DBD67 #3D53BD #BD3D93

square

#BDA73D #3DBD67 #3D53BD #BD3D93

split-complementary

#BDA73D #3D93BD #673DBD

monochromatic

#60551F #8F7E2E #BDA73D #CEBD69 #DDD197

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BDA73D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#BDA73D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA73D

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA73D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA73D	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)

#B7A32F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda73d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 167, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.126 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c078',
    500: '#bda73d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda73d;
$custom-light: #d4c078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda73d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.688,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72797,
    "c": 0.12607,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA73D

secondary

#8D97C9

accent

#65DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA73D

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

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