#BDA73E#BDA73E

#BDA73E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.125 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA73E
RGB	rgb(189, 167, 62)
HSL	hsl(50, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 67.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, -4.02, 55.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 55.29, 94.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% -0.0159 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.125 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.6761, 38.8058, 10.1676)
Luminance	0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA73E #3E54BD

analogous

#BD673E #BDA73E #94BD3E

triadic

#BDA73E #3EBDA7 #A73EBD

tetradic

#BDA73E #3EBD67 #3E54BD #BD3E94

square

#BDA73E #3EBD67 #3E54BD #BD3E94

split-complementary

#BDA73E #3E94BD #673EBD

monochromatic

#615620 #8F7E2F #BDA73E #CEBD6A #DDD198

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BDA73E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#BDA73E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA73E

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA73E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA73E	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)

#B7A330

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda73e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 167, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.125 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c079',
    500: '#bda73e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda73e;
$custom-light: #d4c079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda73e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.606,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72806,
    "c": 0.12533,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA73E

secondary

#8E98C9

accent

#66DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA73E

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

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