#BDA824#BDA824

#BDA824 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; 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	#BDA824
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 36)
HSL	hsl(52, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 81%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, -5.73, 64.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 64.97, 95.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% -0.0234 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.142 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.3092, 38.9532, 7.3276)
Luminance	0.3895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA824 #2439BD

analogous

#BD5C24 #BDA824 #86BD24

triadic

#BDA824 #24BDA8 #A824BD

tetradic

#BDA824 #24BD5C #2439BD #BD2486

square

#BDA824 #24BD5C #2439BD #BD2486

split-complementary

#BDA824 #2486BD #5C24BD

monochromatic

#564D10 #8A7A1A #BDA824 #DBC643 #E5D676

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BDA824 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#BDA824 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA824

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA824	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA824	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)

#BFAB2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda824;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.142 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c16c',
    500: '#bda824',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda824;
$custom-light: #d5c16c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda824",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.765,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7284,
    "c": 0.1417,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA824

secondary

#707DCC

accent

#55EB3D

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF7EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA824

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

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