#BDA82E#BDA82E

#BDA82E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.137 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA82E
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 46)
HSL	hsl(51, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 75.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.77, -5.35, 61.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.77, 61.76, 94.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% -0.0214 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.137 99)
XYZ	xyz(35.4838, 39.0231, 8.2474)
Luminance	0.3902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA82E #2E43BD

analogous

#BD602E #BDA82E #8ABD2E

triadic

#BDA82E #2EBDA8 #A82EBD

tetradic

#BDA82E #2EBD60 #2E43BD #BD2E8A

square

#BDA82E #2EBD60 #2E43BD #BD2E8A

split-complementary

#BDA82E #2E8ABD #602EBD

monochromatic

#5B5016 #8C7C22 #BDA82E #D5C253 #E1D384

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BDA82E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#BDA82E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA82E

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA82E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA82E	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)

#B9A416

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda82e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.137 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c170',
    500: '#bda82e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda82e;
$custom-light: #d5c170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda82e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.189,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72896,
    "c": 0.13661,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.39021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA82E

secondary

#7C88CA

accent

#5BE444

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA82E

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

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