#BDAA32#BDAA32

#BDAA32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.136 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAA32
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 50)
HSL	hsl(52, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 73.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, -6.23, 60.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 60.94, 95.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% -0.0235 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.136 100)
XYZ	xyz(35.9384, 39.8003, 8.8062)
Luminance	0.3980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA32 #3245BD

analogous

#BD6532 #BDAA32 #8ABD32

triadic

#BDAA32 #32BDAA #AA32BD

tetradic

#BDAA32 #32BD65 #3245BD #BD328A

square

#BDAA32 #32BD65 #3245BD #BD328A

split-complementary

#BDAA32 #328ABD #6532BD

monochromatic

#5C5318 #8D7E25 #BDAA32 #D3C259 #E0D489

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BDAA32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#BDAA32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA32

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA32	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA51D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaa32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.136 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c272',
    500: '#bdaa32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa32;
$custom-light: #d5c272;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.799,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73347,
    "c": 0.13582,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.39799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA32

secondary

#818BCA

accent

#5CE146

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA32

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

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