#BDAA25#BDAA25

#BDAA25 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	#BDAA25
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 37)
HSL	hsl(53, 67%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 80.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, -6.75, 64.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 65.24, 95.94°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% -0.0261 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.143 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.6967, 39.7036, 7.5332)
Luminance	0.3970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA25 #2538BD

analogous

#BD5E25 #BDAA25 #84BD25

triadic

#BDAA25 #25BDAA #AA25BD

tetradic

#BDAA25 #25BD5E #2538BD #BD2584

square

#BDAA25 #25BD5E #2538BD #BD2584

split-complementary

#BDAA25 #2584BD #5E25BD

monochromatic

#574E11 #8A7C1B #BDAA25 #DBC845 #E5D778

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BDAA25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#BDAA25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA25

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA25	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)

#C0AC30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaa25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.143 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c26c',
    500: '#bdaa25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa25;
$custom-light: #d5c26c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7327,
    "c": 0.14277,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA25

secondary

#727DCC

accent

#53EA3E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF7EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA25

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

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