#BDA821#BDA821

#BDA821 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.143 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA821
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 33)
HSL	hsl(52, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 82.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, -5.82, 65.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 65.81, 95.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.0239 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.143 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.2653, 38.9357, 7.0964)
Luminance	0.3893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA821 #2136BD

analogous

#BD5A21 #BDA821 #84BD21

triadic

#BDA821 #21BDA8 #A821BD

tetradic

#BDA821 #21BD5A #2136BD #BD2184

square

#BDA821 #21BD5A #2136BD #BD2184

split-complementary

#BDA821 #2184BD #5A21BD

monochromatic

#554B0F #897A18 #BDA821 #DDC83E #E6D772

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BDA821 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#BDA821 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA821

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA821	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA821	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda821;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.143 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c16a',
    500: '#bda821',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda821;
$custom-light: #d5c16a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda821",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.923,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72826,
    "c": 0.14301,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA821

secondary

#6D7ACD

accent

#53ED3B

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF7EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA821

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

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