#BDA740#BDA740

#BDA740 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.124 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA740
RGB	rgb(189, 167, 64)
HSL	hsl(49, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 66.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, -3.91, 54.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 54.44, 94.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% -0.0153 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.124 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.7320, 38.8281, 10.4620)
Luminance	0.3883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA740 #4056BD

analogous

#BD6940 #BDA740 #95BD40

triadic

#BDA740 #40BDA7 #A740BD

tetradic

#BDA740 #40BD69 #4056BD #BD4095

square

#BDA740 #40BD69 #4056BD #BD4095

split-complementary

#BDA740 #4095BD #6940BD

monochromatic

#625621 #8F7F31 #BDA740 #CDBC6D #DDD19A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BDA740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#BDA740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA740

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA740	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 167, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.124 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c07a',
    500: '#bda740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda740;
$custom-light: #d4c07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.44,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72824,
    "c": 0.12382,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA740

secondary

#909AC9

accent

#67D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA740

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

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