#BDA92E#BDA92E

#BDA92E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.137 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA92E
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 46)
HSL	hsl(52, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(52, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 75.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, -5.88, 61.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 62.06, 95.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% -0.0229 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.137 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.6691, 39.3938, 8.3092)
Luminance	0.3939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA92E #2E42BD

analogous

#BD612E #BDA92E #89BD2E

triadic

#BDA92E #2EBDA9 #A92EBD

tetradic

#BDA92E #2EBD61 #2E42BD #BD2E89

square

#BDA92E #2EBD61 #2E42BD #BD2E89

split-complementary

#BDA92E #2E89BD #612EBD

monochromatic

#5B5116 #8C7D22 #BDA92E #D5C353 #E1D484

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BDA92E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#BDA92E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA92E

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA92E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA92E	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)

#BAA415

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda92e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.137 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c270',
    500: '#bda92e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda92e;
$custom-light: #d5c270;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda92e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.608,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73108,
    "c": 0.13737,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA92E

secondary

#7C87CA

accent

#5AE444

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA92E

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

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