#BDAA24#BDAA24

#BDAA24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.143 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAA24
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 36)
HSL	hsl(53, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 81%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, -6.78, 65.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 65.53, 95.94°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% -0.0263 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.143 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.6812, 39.6974, 7.4516)
Luminance	0.3970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA24 #2437BD

analogous

#BD5E24 #BDAA24 #84BD24

triadic

#BDAA24 #24BDAA #AA24BD

tetradic

#BDAA24 #24BD5E #2437BD #BD2484

square

#BDAA24 #24BD5E #2437BD #BD2484

split-complementary

#BDAA24 #2484BD #5E24BD

monochromatic

#564E10 #8A7C1A #BDAA24 #DBC843 #E5D776

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BDAA24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#BDAA24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA24

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA24	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)

#C0AC2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaa24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.143 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c26c',
    500: '#bdaa24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa24;
$custom-light: #d5c26c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.549,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73265,
    "c": 0.14321,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA24

secondary

#707CCC

accent

#53EB3D

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF7EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA24

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

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