#BDA941#BDA941

#BDA941 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.125 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA941
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 65)
HSL	hsl(50, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 65.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, -4.90, 54.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 54.66, 95.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% -0.018 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.125 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.1300, 39.5781, 10.7362)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA941 #4155BD

analogous

#BD6B41 #BDA941 #93BD41

triadic

#BDA941 #41BDA9 #A941BD

tetradic

#BDA941 #41BD6B #4155BD #BD4193

square

#BDA941 #41BD6B #4155BD #BD4193

split-complementary

#BDA941 #4193BD #6B41BD

monochromatic

#625822 #8F8031 #BDA941 #CDBE6E #DDD29C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BDA941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#BDA941 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA941

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA941	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A534

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.125 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c27b',
    500: '#bda941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda941;
$custom-light: #d4c27b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.323,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73255,
    "c": 0.12463,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA941

secondary

#919AC9

accent

#66D84F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA941

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

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