#BDA92C#BDA92C

#BDA92C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.138 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA92C
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 44)
HSL	hsl(52, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(52, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 76.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, -5.96, 62.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 62.74, 95.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% -0.0233 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.138 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.6306, 39.3784, 8.1064)
Luminance	0.3938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA92C #2C40BD

analogous

#BD602C #BDA92C #88BD2C

triadic

#BDA92C #2CBDA9 #A92CBD

tetradic

#BDA92C #2CBD60 #2C40BD #BD2C88

square

#BDA92C #2CBD60 #2C40BD #BD2C88

split-complementary

#BDA92C #2C88BD #602CBD

monochromatic

#5A5015 #8B7D20 #BDA92C #D6C450 #E2D582

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BDA92C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#BDA92C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA92C

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA92C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA92C	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA411

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda92c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.138 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c26f',
    500: '#bda92c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda92c;
$custom-light: #d5c26f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda92c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.724,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73096,
    "c": 0.13849,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA92C

secondary

#7A85CB

accent

#59E542

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA92C

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

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