#BDA839#BDA839

#BDA839 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.130 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA839
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 57)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 69.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, -4.83, 57.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 57.65, 94.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.0188 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.13 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.7291, 39.1212, 9.5393)
Luminance	0.3912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA839 #394EBD

analogous

#BD6639 #BDA839 #90BD39

triadic

#BDA839 #39BDA8 #A839BD

tetradic

#BDA839 #39BD66 #394EBD #BD3990

square

#BDA839 #39BD66 #394EBD #BD3990

split-complementary

#BDA839 #3990BD #6639BD

monochromatic

#5F541D #8E7E2B #BDA839 #D0BF63 #DED292

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BDA839 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#BDA839 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA839

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA839	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA839	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)

#B8A429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda839;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.130 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c176',
    500: '#bda839',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda839;
$custom-light: #d4c176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda839",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.455,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72975,
    "c": 0.12969,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA839

secondary

#8993C9

accent

#62DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA839

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

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