#BDA83D#BDA83D

#BDA83D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.127 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA83D
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 61)
HSL	hsl(50, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 67.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, -4.61, 55.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 56.02, 94.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% -0.0177 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.127 98)
XYZ	xyz(35.8328, 39.1627, 10.0857)
Luminance	0.3916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA83D #3D52BD

analogous

#BD683D #BDA83D #92BD3D

triadic

#BDA83D #3DBDA8 #A83DBD

tetradic

#BDA83D #3DBD68 #3D52BD #BD3D92

square

#BDA83D #3DBD68 #3D52BD #BD3D92

split-complementary

#BDA83D #3D92BD #683DBD

monochromatic

#60561F #8F7F2E #BDA83D #CEBE69 #DDD297

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BDA83D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#BDA83D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA83D

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA83D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA83D	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)

#B8A42F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda83d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.127 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c178',
    500: '#bda83d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda83d;
$custom-light: #d4c178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda83d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.156,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73008,
    "c": 0.12685,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.39161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA83D

secondary

#8D97C9

accent

#64DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA83D

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

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