#BDA93E#BDA93E

#BDA93E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.127 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA93E
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 62)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 67.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.14, -5.08, 55.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.14, 55.93, 95.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% -0.0189 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.127 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.0454, 39.5442, 10.2907)
Luminance	0.3954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA93E #3E52BD

analogous

#BD6A3E #BDA93E #92BD3E

triadic

#BDA93E #3EBDA9 #A93EBD

tetradic

#BDA93E #3EBD6A #3E52BD #BD3E92

square

#BDA93E #3EBD6A #3E52BD #BD3E92

split-complementary

#BDA93E #3E92BD #6A3EBD

monochromatic

#615720 #8F802F #BDA93E #CEBE6A #DDD298

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BDA93E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#BDA93E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA93E

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA93E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA93E	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)

#B9A530

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda93e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.127 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c279',
    500: '#bda93e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda93e;
$custom-light: #d4c279;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda93e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.551,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73228,
    "c": 0.12691,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA93E

secondary

#8E97C9

accent

#64DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA93E

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

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