#BDA842#BDA842

#BDA842 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.123 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA842
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 66)
HSL	hsl(50, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, -4.31, 53.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 53.91, 94.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% -0.0162 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.123 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.9739, 39.2191, 10.8284)
Luminance	0.3922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA842 #4257BD

analogous

#BD6A42 #BDA842 #95BD42

triadic

#BDA842 #42BDA8 #A842BD

tetradic

#BDA842 #42BD6A #4257BD #BD4295

square

#BDA842 #42BD6A #4257BD #BD4295

split-complementary

#BDA842 #4295BD #6A42BD

monochromatic

#625722 #908032 #BDA842 #CDBD6F #DDD29D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BDA842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#BDA842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA842

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA842	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	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)

#B8A436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.123 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c17b',
    500: '#bda842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda842;
$custom-light: #d4c17b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.756,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73054,
    "c": 0.12306,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA842

secondary

#929BC9

accent

#67D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA842

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

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