#BDA836#BDA836

#BDA836 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.132 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA836
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 54)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, -4.99, 58.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 58.83, 94.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.0195 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.132 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.6565, 39.0922, 9.1567)
Luminance	0.3909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA836 #364BBD

analogous

#BD6536 #BDA836 #8EBD36

triadic

#BDA836 #36BDA8 #A836BD

tetradic

#BDA836 #36BD65 #364BBD #BD368E

square

#BDA836 #36BD65 #364BBD #BD368E

split-complementary

#BDA836 #368EBD #6536BD

monochromatic

#5E531B #8D7E28 #BDA836 #D1BF5F #DFD28F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BDA836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#BDA836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA836

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA836	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)

#B8A424

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.132 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c174',
    500: '#bda836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda836;
$custom-light: #d5c174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.667,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72951,
    "c": 0.13172,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA836

secondary

#8590C9

accent

#60DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA836

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

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