#BDA930#BDA930

#BDA930 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.136 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA930
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 48)
HSL	hsl(51, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 74.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, -5.79, 61.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 61.36, 95.42°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% -0.0224 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.136 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.7095, 39.4099, 8.5217)
Luminance	0.3941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA930 #3044BD

analogous

#BD6230 #BDA930 #8BBD30

triadic

#BDA930 #30BDA9 #A930BD

tetradic

#BDA930 #30BD62 #3044BD #BD308B

square

#BDA930 #30BD62 #3044BD #BD308B

split-complementary

#BDA930 #308BBD #6230BD

monochromatic

#5B5217 #8C7D24 #BDA930 #D4C256 #E0D487

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BDA930 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#BDA930 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA930

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA930	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA930	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	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)

#BAA41A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda930;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.136 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c271',
    500: '#bda930',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda930;
$custom-light: #d5c271;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda930",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.489,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73121,
    "c": 0.13622,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA930

secondary

#7F89CA

accent

#5BE345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA930

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

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