#BDA82D#BDA82D

#BDA82D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.137 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA82D
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 45)
HSL	hsl(51, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 76.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.76, -5.39, 61.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.76, 62.11, 94.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% -0.0216 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.137 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.4643, 39.0153, 8.1448)
Luminance	0.3901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA82D #2D42BD

analogous

#BD602D #BDA82D #8ABD2D

triadic

#BDA82D #2DBDA8 #A82DBD

tetradic

#BDA82D #2DBD60 #2D42BD #BD2D8A

square

#BDA82D #2DBD60 #2D42BD #BD2D8A

split-complementary

#BDA82D #2D8ABD #602DBD

monochromatic

#5A5015 #8C7C21 #BDA82D #D6C252 #E1D483

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BDA82D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#BDA82D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA82D

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA82D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA82D	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A414

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda82d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.137 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c170',
    500: '#bda82d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda82d;
$custom-light: #d5c170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda82d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.25,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7289,
    "c": 0.13717,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA82D

secondary

#7B87CB

accent

#5BE543

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA82D

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

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