#BDA922#BDA922

#BDA922 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.143 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA922
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 34)
HSL	hsl(52, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 82%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, -6.32, 65.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 65.82, 95.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% -0.0252 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.143 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.4648, 39.3120, 7.2330)
Luminance	0.3931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA922 #2236BD

analogous

#BD5B22 #BDA922 #83BD22

triadic

#BDA922 #22BDA9 #A922BD

tetradic

#BDA922 #22BD5B #2236BD #BD2283

square

#BDA922 #22BD5B #2236BD #BD2283

split-complementary

#BDA922 #2283BD #5B22BD

monochromatic

#554C0F #897B19 #BDA922 #DDC840 #E6D773

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BDA922 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#BDA922 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA922

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA922	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA922	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: #bda922;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.143 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c26b',
    500: '#bda922',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda922;
$custom-light: #d5c26b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda922",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.258,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73043,
    "c": 0.14333,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA922

secondary

#6E7ACD

accent

#52EC3B

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF7EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA922

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →