#BDAA2E#BDAA2E

#BDAA2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.138 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAA2E
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 46)
HSL	hsl(52, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(52, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 75.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, -6.41, 62.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 62.36, 95.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% -0.0244 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.138 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.8559, 39.7672, 8.3714)
Luminance	0.3977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA2E #2E41BD

analogous

#BD622E #BDAA2E #88BD2E

triadic

#BDAA2E #2EBDAA #AA2EBD

tetradic

#BDAA2E #2EBD62 #2E41BD #BD2E88

square

#BDAA2E #2EBD62 #2E41BD #BD2E88

split-complementary

#BDAA2E #2E88BD #622EBD

monochromatic

#5B5116 #8C7E22 #BDAA2E #D5C453 #E1D584

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BDAA2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#BDAA2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA2E

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA2E	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA515

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaa2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.138 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c270',
    500: '#bdaa2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa2e;
$custom-light: #d5c270;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.028,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73321,
    "c": 0.13816,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA2E

secondary

#7C87CA

accent

#59E444

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA2E

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

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