#BDA83E#BDA83E

#BDA83E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.126 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA83E
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 62)
HSL	hsl(50, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 67.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, -4.55, 55.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 55.61, 94.70°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% -0.0174 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.126 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.8600, 39.1736, 10.2289)
Luminance	0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA83E #3E53BD

analogous

#BD693E #BDA83E #93BD3E

triadic

#BDA83E #3EBDA8 #A83EBD

tetradic

#BDA83E #3EBD69 #3E53BD #BD3E93

square

#BDA83E #3EBD69 #3E53BD #BD3E93

split-complementary

#BDA83E #3E93BD #693EBD

monochromatic

#615620 #8F7F2F #BDA83E #CEBE6A #DDD298

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BDA83E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#BDA83E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA83E

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA83E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA83E	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)

#B8A430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda83e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.126 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c179',
    500: '#bda83e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda83e;
$custom-light: #d4c179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda83e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.079,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73017,
    "c": 0.12611,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA83E

secondary

#8E98C9

accent

#65DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA83E

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

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