#BDA93B#BDA93B

#BDA93B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.129 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA93B
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 59)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 68.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, -5.25, 56.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 57.16, 95.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% -0.0197 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.129 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.9653, 39.5122, 9.8690)
Luminance	0.3951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA93B #3B4FBD

analogous

#BD683B #BDA93B #90BD3B

triadic

#BDA93B #3BBDA9 #A93BBD

tetradic

#BDA93B #3BBD68 #3B4FBD #BD3B90

square

#BDA93B #3BBD68 #3B4FBD #BD3B90

split-complementary

#BDA93B #3B90BD #683BBD

monochromatic

#60561E #8E7F2C #BDA93B #CFBF66 #DED395

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BDA93B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#BDA93B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA93B

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA93B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA93B	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)

#B9A52C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda93b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.129 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c277',
    500: '#bda93b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda93b;
$custom-light: #d4c277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda93b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73203,
    "c": 0.12909,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA93B

secondary

#8B94C9

accent

#62DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA93B

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

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