#BDA944#BDA944

#BDA944 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.122 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA944
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 68)
HSL	hsl(50, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 64%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, -4.72, 53.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 53.37, 95.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% -0.0172 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.122 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2192, 39.6138, 11.2061)
Luminance	0.3961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA944 #4458BD

analogous

#BD6D44 #BDA944 #94BD44

triadic

#BDA944 #44BDA9 #A944BD

tetradic

#BDA944 #44BD6D #4458BD #BD4494

square

#BDA944 #44BD6D #4458BD #BD4494

split-complementary

#BDA944 #4494BD #6D44BD

monochromatic

#635923 #918133 #BDA944 #CDBE71 #DDD39E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BDA944 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#BDA944 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA944

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA944	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA944	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)

#B9A538

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda944;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.122 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c27c',
    500: '#bda944',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda944;
$custom-light: #d4c27c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda944",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.083,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73284,
    "c": 0.12227,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA944

secondary

#939CC9

accent

#67D750

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA944

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

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