#BDA940#BDA940

#BDA940 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.125 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA940
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 64)
HSL	hsl(50, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 66.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, -4.97, 54.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 55.09, 95.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% -0.0183 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.125 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1012, 39.5666, 10.5850)
Luminance	0.3957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA940 #4054BD

analogous

#BD6B40 #BDA940 #93BD40

triadic

#BDA940 #40BDA9 #A940BD

tetradic

#BDA940 #40BD6B #4054BD #BD4093

square

#BDA940 #40BD6B #4054BD #BD4093

split-complementary

#BDA940 #4093BD #6B40BD

monochromatic

#625721 #8F8031 #BDA940 #CDBE6D #DDD29A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BDA940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#BDA940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA940

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA940	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)

#B9A533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.125 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c27a',
    500: '#bda940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda940;
$custom-light: #d4c27a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.4,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73246,
    "c": 0.12541,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA940

secondary

#9099C9

accent

#65D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA940

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

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