#BDA936#BDA936

#BDA936 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.133 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA936
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 54)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, -5.51, 58.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 59.14, 95.35°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% -0.021 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.133 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.8418, 39.4628, 9.2185)
Luminance	0.3946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA936 #364ABD

analogous

#BD6536 #BDA936 #8EBD36

triadic

#BDA936 #36BDA9 #A936BD

tetradic

#BDA936 #36BD65 #364ABD #BD368E

square

#BDA936 #36BD65 #364ABD #BD368E

split-complementary

#BDA936 #368EBD #6536BD

monochromatic

#5E541B #8D7E28 #BDA936 #D1C05F #DFD38F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BDA936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#BDA936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA936

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA936	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)

#B9A524

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.133 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c274',
    500: '#bda936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda936;
$custom-light: #d5c274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.111,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73163,
    "c": 0.1325,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA936

secondary

#858FC9

accent

#5FDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA936

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

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