#BDA935#BDA935

#BDA935 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.133 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA935
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 53)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, -5.56, 59.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 59.52, 95.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% -0.0213 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.133 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.8185, 39.4535, 9.0961)
Luminance	0.3945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA935 #3549BD

analogous

#BD6535 #BDA935 #8DBD35

triadic

#BDA935 #35BDA9 #A935BD

tetradic

#BDA935 #35BD65 #3549BD #BD358D

square

#BDA935 #35BD65 #3549BD #BD358D

split-complementary

#BDA935 #358DBD #6535BD

monochromatic

#5D541A #8D7E28 #BDA935 #D2C15D #DFD38D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BDA935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#BDA935 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA935

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA935	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)

#B9A522

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.133 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c274',
    500: '#bda935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda935;
$custom-light: #d5c274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.176,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73156,
    "c": 0.13314,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA935

secondary

#848ECA

accent

#5FDF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA935

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

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