#BDAA35#BDAA35

#BDAA35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.134 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAA35
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 53)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, -6.09, 59.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 59.83, 95.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% -0.0228 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.134 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.0053, 39.8270, 9.1583)
Luminance	0.3982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA35 #3548BD

analogous

#BD6635 #BDAA35 #8CBD35

triadic

#BDAA35 #35BDAA #AA35BD

tetradic

#BDAA35 #35BD66 #3548BD #BD358C

square

#BDAA35 #35BD66 #3548BD #BD358C

split-complementary

#BDAA35 #358CBD #6635BD

monochromatic

#5D541A #8D7F28 #BDAA35 #D2C15D #DFD48D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BDAA35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#BDAA35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA35

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA35	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA522

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaa35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.134 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c274',
    500: '#bdaa35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa35;
$custom-light: #d5c274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.618,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73368,
    "c": 0.13394,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA35

secondary

#848ECA

accent

#5DDF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA35

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

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