#BDA934#BDA934

#BDA934 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.134 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA934
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 52)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 72.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, -5.61, 59.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 59.89, 95.38°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% -0.0215 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.134 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.7958, 39.4444, 8.9762)
Luminance	0.3944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA934 #3448BD

analogous

#BD6534 #BDA934 #8CBD34

triadic

#BDA934 #34BDA9 #A934BD

tetradic

#BDA934 #34BD65 #3448BD #BD348C

square

#BDA934 #34BD65 #3448BD #BD348C

split-complementary

#BDA934 #348CBD #6534BD

monochromatic

#5D531A #8D7E27 #BDA934 #D2C15C #DFD38C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BDA934 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#BDA934 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA934

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA934	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA934	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A421

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda934;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.134 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c273',
    500: '#bda934',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda934;
$custom-light: #d5c273;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda934",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.241,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73149,
    "c": 0.13378,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA934

secondary

#838DCA

accent

#5EE048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA934

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

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