#BDA837#BDA837

#BDA837 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.131 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA837
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 55)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, -4.94, 58.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 58.44, 94.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% -0.0193 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.131 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.6802, 39.1017, 9.2817)
Luminance	0.3910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA837 #374CBD

analogous

#BD6537 #BDA837 #8FBD37

triadic

#BDA837 #37BDA8 #A837BD

tetradic

#BDA837 #37BD65 #374CBD #BD378F

square

#BDA837 #37BD65 #374CBD #BD378F

split-complementary

#BDA837 #378FBD #6537BD

monochromatic

#5E541B #8E7E29 #BDA837 #D1BF60 #DFD290

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BDA837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#BDA837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA837

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA837	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)

#B8A426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.131 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c175',
    500: '#bda837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda837;
$custom-light: #d4c175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.597,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72959,
    "c": 0.13105,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA837

secondary

#8691C9

accent

#61DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA837

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

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