#BDAA22#BDAA22

#BDAA22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.144 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAA22
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 34)
HSL	hsl(53, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 82%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, -6.84, 65.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 66.10, 95.94°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% -0.0267 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.144 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.6515, 39.6855, 7.2953)
Luminance	0.3968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA22 #2235BD

analogous

#BD5C22 #BDAA22 #82BD22

triadic

#BDAA22 #22BDAA #AA22BD

tetradic

#BDAA22 #22BD5C #2235BD #BD2282

square

#BDAA22 #22BD5C #2235BD #BD2282

split-complementary

#BDAA22 #2282BD #5C22BD

monochromatic

#554D0F #897B19 #BDAA22 #DDC940 #E6D873

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BDAA22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#BDAA22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA22

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA22	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: #bdaa22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.144 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c26b',
    500: '#bdaa22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa22;
$custom-light: #d5c26b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.645,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73256,
    "c": 0.14409,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA22

secondary

#6E7ACD

accent

#51EC3B

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF7EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA22

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

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