#BDAA21#BDAA21

#BDAA21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.145 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAA21
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 33)
HSL	hsl(53, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 82.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, -6.87, 66.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 66.37, 95.94°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% -0.0268 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.145 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.6373, 39.6798, 7.2204)
Luminance	0.3968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA21 #2134BD

analogous

#BD5C21 #BDAA21 #82BD21

triadic

#BDAA21 #21BDAA #AA21BD

tetradic

#BDAA21 #21BD5C #2134BD #BD2182

square

#BDAA21 #21BD5C #2134BD #BD2182

split-complementary

#BDAA21 #2182BD #5C21BD

monochromatic

#554C0F #897B18 #BDAA21 #DDCA3E #E6D872

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BDAA21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#BDAA21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA21

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA21	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaa21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.145 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c26b',
    500: '#bdaa21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa21;
$custom-light: #d5c26b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.692,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73251,
    "c": 0.14451,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA21

secondary

#6D78CD

accent

#50ED3B

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF7EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA21

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

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