#BDA83B#BDA83B

#BDA83B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.128 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA83B
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 59)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 68.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, -4.72, 56.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 56.84, 94.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% -0.0182 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.128 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.7800, 39.1416, 9.8073)
Luminance	0.3914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA83B #3B50BD

analogous

#BD673B #BDA83B #91BD3B

triadic

#BDA83B #3BBDA8 #A83BBD

tetradic

#BDA83B #3BBD67 #3B50BD #BD3B91

square

#BDA83B #3BBD67 #3B50BD #BD3B91

split-complementary

#BDA83B #3B91BD #673BBD

monochromatic

#60551E #8E7F2C #BDA83B #CFBE66 #DED295

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BDA83B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#BDA83B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA83B

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA83B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA83B	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A42C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda83b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.128 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c177',
    500: '#bda83b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda83b;
$custom-light: #d4c177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda83b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.308,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72991,
    "c": 0.12829,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA83B

secondary

#8B95C9

accent

#63DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA83B

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

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