#BDA826#BDA826

#BDA826 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.141 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA826
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 38)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 79.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, -5.66, 64.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 64.37, 95.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.023 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.141 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.3406, 38.9658, 7.4930)
Luminance	0.3896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA826 #263BBD

analogous

#BD5D26 #BDA826 #86BD26

triadic

#BDA826 #26BDA8 #A826BD

tetradic

#BDA826 #26BD5D #263BBD #BD2686

square

#BDA826 #26BD5D #263BBD #BD2686

split-complementary

#BDA826 #2686BD #5D26BD

monochromatic

#574D12 #8A7B1C #BDA826 #DAC546 #E4D579

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BDA826 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#BDA826 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA826

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA826	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA826	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)

#BFAB30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda826;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.141 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c16c',
    500: '#bda826',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda826;
$custom-light: #d5c16c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda826",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.656,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7285,
    "c": 0.14077,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA826

secondary

#737FCC

accent

#56E93E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF7EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA826

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

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