#BDA93A#BDA93A

#BDA93A 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	#BDA93A
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 58)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 69.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, -5.31, 57.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 57.56, 95.29°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% -0.02 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.13 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.9396, 39.5019, 9.7337)
Luminance	0.3950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA93A #3A4EBD

analogous

#BD683A #BDA93A #8FBD3A

triadic

#BDA93A #3ABDA9 #A93ABD

tetradic

#BDA93A #3ABD68 #3A4EBD #BD3A8F

square

#BDA93A #3ABD68 #3A4EBD #BD3A8F

split-complementary

#BDA93A #3A8FBD #683ABD

monochromatic

#5F551D #8E7F2C #BDA93A #D0BF65 #DED393

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BDA93A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#BDA93A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA93A

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA93A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA93A	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)

#B9A52A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda93a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.130 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c277',
    500: '#bda93a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda93a;
$custom-light: #d4c277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda93a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.84,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73195,
    "c": 0.12979,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA93A

secondary

#8A93C9

accent

#62DC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA93A

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

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