#BDA83F#BDA83F

#BDA83F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.125 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA83F
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 63)
HSL	hsl(50, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 66.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, -4.50, 55.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 55.19, 94.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% -0.0171 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.125 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.8877, 39.1847, 10.3747)
Luminance	0.3918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA83F #3F54BD

analogous

#BD693F #BDA83F #93BD3F

triadic

#BDA83F #3FBDA8 #A83FBD

tetradic

#BDA83F #3FBD69 #3F54BD #BD3F93

square

#BDA83F #3FBD69 #3F54BD #BD3F93

split-complementary

#BDA83F #3F93BD #693FBD

monochromatic

#615620 #8F7F30 #BDA83F #CEBD6B #DDD299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BDA83F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#BDA83F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA83F

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA83F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA83F	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A432

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda83f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.125 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c179',
    500: '#bda83f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda83f;
$custom-light: #d4c179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda83f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73026,
    "c": 0.12536,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA83F

secondary

#8F99C9

accent

#65DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA83F

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

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