#BDA937#BDA937

#BDA937 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.132 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA937
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 55)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, -5.46, 58.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 58.75, 95.34°)
OKLab	oklab(73.17% -0.0208 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(73.17% 0.132 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.8655, 39.4723, 9.3434)
Luminance	0.3947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA937 #374BBD

analogous

#BD6637 #BDA937 #8EBD37

triadic

#BDA937 #37BDA9 #A937BD

tetradic

#BDA937 #37BD66 #374BBD #BD378E

square

#BDA937 #37BD66 #374BBD #BD378E

split-complementary

#BDA937 #378EBD #6637BD

monochromatic

#5E541B #8E7F29 #BDA937 #D1C060 #DFD390

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BDA937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#BDA937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA937

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA937	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)

#B9A526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.132 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c275',
    500: '#bda937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda937;
$custom-light: #d4c275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.045,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73171,
    "c": 0.13184,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA937

secondary

#8690C9

accent

#60DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA937

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

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