#BDA923#BDA923

#BDA923 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	#BDA923
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 35)
HSL	hsl(52, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 81.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, -6.29, 65.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 65.53, 95.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% -0.025 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.143 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.4794, 39.3179, 7.3101)
Luminance	0.3932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA923 #2337BD

analogous

#BD5C23 #BDA923 #84BD23

triadic

#BDA923 #23BDA9 #A923BD

tetradic

#BDA923 #23BD5C #2337BD #BD2384

square

#BDA923 #23BD5C #2337BD #BD2384

split-complementary

#BDA923 #2384BD #5C23BD

monochromatic

#564D10 #897B19 #BDA923 #DCC841 #E5D775

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BDA923 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#BDA923 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA923

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA923	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA923	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)

#C0AC2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda923;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.143 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c26b',
    500: '#bda923',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda923;
$custom-light: #d5c26b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda923",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.208,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73047,
    "c": 0.1429,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA923

secondary

#6F7BCD

accent

#53EC3C

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF7EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA923

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

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