#BDA825#BDA825

#BDA825 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.141 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA825
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 37)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 80.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, -5.69, 64.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 64.67, 95.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.0232 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.141 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.3246, 38.9594, 7.4092)
Luminance	0.3896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA825 #253ABD

analogous

#BD5C25 #BDA825 #86BD25

triadic

#BDA825 #25BDA8 #A825BD

tetradic

#BDA825 #25BD5C #253ABD #BD2586

square

#BDA825 #25BD5C #253ABD #BD2586

split-complementary

#BDA825 #2586BD #5C25BD

monochromatic

#574D11 #8A7B1B #BDA825 #DBC645 #E5D678

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BDA825 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#BDA825 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA825

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA825	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA825	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: #bda825;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.141 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c16c',
    500: '#bda825',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda825;
$custom-light: #d5c16c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda825",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.711,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72845,
    "c": 0.14125,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA825

secondary

#727ECC

accent

#55EA3E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF7EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA825

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

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