#BDA93D#BDA93D

#BDA93D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.128 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA93D
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 61)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 67.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.14, -5.14, 56.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.14, 56.34, 95.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% -0.0192 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.128 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.0182, 39.5334, 10.1475)
Luminance	0.3953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA93D #3D51BD

analogous

#BD693D #BDA93D #91BD3D

triadic

#BDA93D #3DBDA9 #A93DBD

tetradic

#BDA93D #3DBD69 #3D51BD #BD3D91

square

#BDA93D #3DBD69 #3D51BD #BD3D91

split-complementary

#BDA93D #3D91BD #693DBD

monochromatic

#60561F #8F802E #BDA93D #CEBF69 #DDD297

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BDA93D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#BDA93D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA93D

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA93D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA93D	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A52F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda93d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.128 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c278',
    500: '#bda93d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda93d;
$custom-light: #d4c278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda93d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.625,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7322,
    "c": 0.12764,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA93D

secondary

#8D96C9

accent

#63DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA93D

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

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