#BDA830#BDA830

#BDA830 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.135 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA830
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 48)
HSL	hsl(51, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 74.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.78, -5.27, 60.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.78, 61.06, 94.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.021 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.135 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.5241, 39.0392, 8.4599)
Luminance	0.3904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA830 #3045BD

analogous

#BD6230 #BDA830 #8CBD30

triadic

#BDA830 #30BDA8 #A830BD

tetradic

#BDA830 #30BD62 #3045BD #BD308C

square

#BDA830 #30BD62 #3045BD #BD308C

split-complementary

#BDA830 #308CBD #6230BD

monochromatic

#5B5117 #8C7D24 #BDA830 #D4C156 #E0D387

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BDA830 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#BDA830 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA830

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA830	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA830	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A41A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda830;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.135 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c171',
    500: '#bda830',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda830;
$custom-light: #d5c171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda830",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.064,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72909,
    "c": 0.13545,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA830

secondary

#7F8ACA

accent

#5DE345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA830

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

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