#BDA823#BDA823

#BDA823 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.142 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA823
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 35)
HSL	hsl(52, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 81.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, -5.76, 65.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 65.25, 95.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% -0.0235 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.142 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.2941, 38.9472, 7.2483)
Luminance	0.3895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA823 #2338BD

analogous

#BD5B23 #BDA823 #85BD23

triadic

#BDA823 #23BDA8 #A823BD

tetradic

#BDA823 #23BD5B #2338BD #BD2385

square

#BDA823 #23BD5B #2338BD #BD2385

split-complementary

#BDA823 #2385BD #5B23BD

monochromatic

#564C10 #897A19 #BDA823 #DCC741 #E5D675

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BDA823 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#BDA823 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA823

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA823	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA823	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)

#BFAB2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda823;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.142 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c16b',
    500: '#bda823',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda823;
$custom-light: #d5c16b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda823",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.818,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72835,
    "c": 0.14215,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA823

secondary

#6F7CCD

accent

#54EC3C

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF7EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA823

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

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