#BDA840#BDA840

#BDA840 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	#BDA840
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 64)
HSL	hsl(50, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 66.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, -4.44, 54.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 54.76, 94.65°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% -0.0168 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.125 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.9159, 39.1960, 10.5233)
Luminance	0.3919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA840 #4055BD

analogous

#BD6A40 #BDA840 #94BD40

triadic

#BDA840 #40BDA8 #A840BD

tetradic

#BDA840 #40BD6A #4055BD #BD4094

square

#BDA840 #40BD6A #4055BD #BD4094

split-complementary

#BDA840 #4094BD #6A40BD

monochromatic

#625721 #8F7F31 #BDA840 #CDBD6D #DDD29A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BDA840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#BDA840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA840

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA840	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)

#B8A433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.125 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c17a',
    500: '#bda840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda840;
$custom-light: #d4c17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.92,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73035,
    "c": 0.1246,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA840

secondary

#9099C9

accent

#66D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA840

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

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