#BDA93F#BDA93F

#BDA93F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.126 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA93F
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 63)
HSL	hsl(50, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 66.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, -5.03, 55.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 55.51, 95.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% -0.0186 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.126 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.0730, 39.5553, 10.4365)
Luminance	0.3955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA93F #3F53BD

analogous

#BD6A3F #BDA93F #92BD3F

triadic

#BDA93F #3FBDA9 #A93FBD

tetradic

#BDA93F #3FBD6A #3F53BD #BD3F92

square

#BDA93F #3FBD6A #3F53BD #BD3F92

split-complementary

#BDA93F #3F92BD #6A3FBD

monochromatic

#615720 #8F8030 #BDA93F #CEBE6B #DDD299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BDA93F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#BDA93F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA93F

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA93F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA93F	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)

#B9A531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda93f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.126 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c279',
    500: '#bda93f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda93f;
$custom-light: #d4c279;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda93f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.476,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73237,
    "c": 0.12616,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA93F

secondary

#8F98C9

accent

#64DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA93F

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

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