#BDA835#BDA835

#BDA835 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.132 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA835
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 53)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, -5.04, 58.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 59.21, 94.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% -0.0198 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.132 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.6332, 39.0829, 9.0343)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA835 #354ABD

analogous

#BD6435 #BDA835 #8EBD35

triadic

#BDA835 #35BDA8 #A835BD

tetradic

#BDA835 #35BD64 #354ABD #BD358E

square

#BDA835 #35BD64 #354ABD #BD358E

split-complementary

#BDA835 #358EBD #6435BD

monochromatic

#5D531A #8D7E28 #BDA835 #D2C05D #DFD28D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BDA835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#BDA835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA835

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA835	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A423

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.132 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c174',
    500: '#bda835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda835;
$custom-light: #d5c174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.735,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72944,
    "c": 0.13236,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA835

secondary

#848FCA

accent

#60DF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA835

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

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