#BDA939#BDA939

#BDA939 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.130 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA939
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 57)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 69.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, -5.36, 57.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 57.96, 95.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% -0.0203 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.13 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.9144, 39.4919, 9.6011)
Luminance	0.3949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA939 #394DBD

analogous

#BD6739 #BDA939 #8FBD39

triadic

#BDA939 #39BDA9 #A939BD

tetradic

#BDA939 #39BD67 #394DBD #BD398F

square

#BDA939 #39BD67 #394DBD #BD398F

split-complementary

#BDA939 #398FBD #6739BD

monochromatic

#5F551D #8E7F2B #BDA939 #D0C063 #DED392

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BDA939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#BDA939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA939

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA939	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.130 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c276',
    500: '#bda939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda939;
$custom-light: #d4c276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.909,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73187,
    "c": 0.13048,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA939

secondary

#8992C9

accent

#61DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA939

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

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