#BDA833#BDA833

#BDA833 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.134 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA833
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 51)
HSL	hsl(51, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 73%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.80, -5.13, 59.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.80, 59.96, 94.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% -0.0203 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.134 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.5882, 39.0649, 8.7971)
Luminance	0.3906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA833 #3348BD

analogous

#BD6333 #BDA833 #8DBD33

triadic

#BDA833 #33BDA8 #A833BD

tetradic

#BDA833 #33BD63 #3348BD #BD338D

square

#BDA833 #33BD63 #3348BD #BD338D

split-complementary

#BDA833 #338DBD #6333BD

monochromatic

#5D5219 #8D7D26 #BDA833 #D3C05B #E0D38B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BDA833 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#BDA833 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA833

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA833	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA833	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)

#B9A41F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda833;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.134 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c173',
    500: '#bda833',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda833;
$custom-light: #d5c173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda833",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.87,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7293,
    "c": 0.13363,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA833

secondary

#828DCA

accent

#5EE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA833

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

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