#BDAA34#BDAA34

#BDAA34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.135 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAA34
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 52)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 72.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, -6.14, 59.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 60.21, 95.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% -0.023 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.135 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.9825, 39.8179, 9.0384)
Luminance	0.3982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA34 #3447BD

analogous

#BD6634 #BDAA34 #8BBD34

triadic

#BDAA34 #34BDAA #AA34BD

tetradic

#BDAA34 #34BD66 #3447BD #BD348B

square

#BDAA34 #34BD66 #3447BD #BD348B

split-complementary

#BDAA34 #348BBD #6634BD

monochromatic

#5D541A #8D7F27 #BDAA34 #D2C25C #DFD48C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BDAA34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#BDAA34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA34

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA34	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)

#BAA520

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaa34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.135 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c273',
    500: '#bdaa34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa34;
$custom-light: #d5c273;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.679,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73361,
    "c": 0.13457,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA34

secondary

#838DCA

accent

#5DE048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA34

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

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