#BDA742#BDA742

#BDA742 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.122 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA742
RGB	rgb(189, 167, 66)
HSL	hsl(49, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, -3.78, 53.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 53.58, 94.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% -0.0147 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.122 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.7900, 38.8513, 10.7671)
Luminance	0.3885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA742 #4258BD

analogous

#BD6942 #BDA742 #96BD42

triadic

#BDA742 #42BDA7 #A742BD

tetradic

#BDA742 #42BD69 #4258BD #BD4296

square

#BDA742 #42BD69 #4258BD #BD4296

split-complementary

#BDA742 #4296BD #6942BD

monochromatic

#625722 #907F32 #BDA742 #CDBC6F #DDD19D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BDA742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#BDA742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA742

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA742	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	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)

#B7A336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 167, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.122 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c07b',
    500: '#bda742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda742;
$custom-light: #d4c07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.268,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72843,
    "c": 0.12227,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA742

secondary

#929CC9

accent

#68D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA742

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

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