#BDA83C#BDA83C

#BDA83C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.128 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA83C
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 60)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 68.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, -4.67, 56.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 56.44, 94.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73% -0.0179 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.128 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.8062, 39.1520, 9.9452)
Luminance	0.3915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA83C #3C51BD

analogous

#BD683C #BDA83C #92BD3C

triadic

#BDA83C #3CBDA8 #A83CBD

tetradic

#BDA83C #3CBD68 #3C51BD #BD3C92

square

#BDA83C #3CBD68 #3C51BD #BD3C92

split-complementary

#BDA83C #3C92BD #683CBD

monochromatic

#60551F #8F7F2D #BDA83C #CFBE67 #DED296

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BDA83C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#BDA83C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA83C

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA83C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA83C	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)

#B8A42D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda83c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.128 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c178',
    500: '#bda83c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda83c;
$custom-light: #d4c178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda83c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.233,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73,
    "c": 0.12758,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA83C

secondary

#8C96C9

accent

#64DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA83C

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

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