#BDA943#BDA943

#BDA943 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.123 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA943
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 67)
HSL	hsl(50, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 64.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.18, -4.78, 53.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.18, 53.80, 95.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% -0.0175 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.123 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.1889, 39.6017, 11.0468)
Luminance	0.3960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA943 #4357BD

analogous

#BD6C43 #BDA943 #94BD43

triadic

#BDA943 #43BDA9 #A943BD

tetradic

#BDA943 #43BD6C #4357BD #BD4394

square

#BDA943 #43BD6C #4357BD #BD4394

split-complementary

#BDA943 #4394BD #6C43BD

monochromatic

#635823 #908133 #BDA943 #CDBE70 #DDD29E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BDA943 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#BDA943 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA943

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA943	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA943	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	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)

#B9A537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda943;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.123 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c27c',
    500: '#bda943',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda943;
$custom-light: #d4c27c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda943",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.164,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73274,
    "c": 0.12307,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA943

secondary

#939CC9

accent

#66D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA943

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

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