#BDA841#BDA841

#BDA841 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.124 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA841
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 65)
HSL	hsl(50, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 65.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, -4.38, 54.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 54.34, 94.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% -0.0165 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.124 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.9446, 39.2074, 10.6745)
Luminance	0.3921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA841 #4156BD

analogous

#BD6A41 #BDA841 #94BD41

triadic

#BDA841 #41BDA8 #A841BD

tetradic

#BDA841 #41BD6A #4156BD #BD4194

square

#BDA841 #41BD6A #4156BD #BD4194

split-complementary

#BDA841 #4194BD #6A41BD

monochromatic

#625722 #8F8031 #BDA841 #CDBD6E #DDD29C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BDA841 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#BDA841 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA841

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA841	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA841	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)

#B8A434

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda841;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.124 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c17b',
    500: '#bda841',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda841;
$custom-light: #d4c17b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda841",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.839,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73044,
    "c": 0.12383,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA841

secondary

#919AC9

accent

#67D84F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA841

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

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