#BDA921#BDA921

#BDA921 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.144 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA921
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 33)
HSL	hsl(52, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 82.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.97, -6.35, 65.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.97, 66.09, 95.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% -0.0253 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.144 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.4506, 39.3063, 7.1581)
Luminance	0.3931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA921 #2135BD

analogous

#BD5B21 #BDA921 #83BD21

triadic

#BDA921 #21BDA9 #A921BD

tetradic

#BDA921 #21BD5B #2135BD #BD2183

square

#BDA921 #21BD5B #2135BD #BD2183

split-complementary

#BDA921 #2183BD #5B21BD

monochromatic

#554C0F #897A18 #BDA921 #DDC93E #E6D772

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BDA921 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#BDA921 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA921

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA921	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA921	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda921;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.144 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c26a',
    500: '#bda921',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda921;
$custom-light: #d5c26a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda921",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.308,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73038,
    "c": 0.14375,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA921

secondary

#6D79CD

accent

#52ED3B

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF7EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA921

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

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