#BDA93C#BDA93C

#BDA93C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.128 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA93C
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 60)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 68.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, -5.20, 56.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 56.76, 95.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.21% -0.0195 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(73.21% 0.128 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.9915, 39.5227, 10.0069)
Luminance	0.3952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA93C #3C50BD

analogous

#BD693C #BDA93C #91BD3C

triadic

#BDA93C #3CBDA9 #A93CBD

tetradic

#BDA93C #3CBD69 #3C50BD #BD3C91

square

#BDA93C #3CBD69 #3C50BD #BD3C91

split-complementary

#BDA93C #3C91BD #693CBD

monochromatic

#60561F #8F7F2D #BDA93C #CFBF67 #DED296

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BDA93C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#BDA93C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA93C

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA93C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA93C	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)

#B9A52D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda93c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.128 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c278',
    500: '#bda93c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda93c;
$custom-light: #d4c278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda93c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.698,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73211,
    "c": 0.12837,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA93C

secondary

#8C95C9

accent

#63DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA93C

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

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