#BDAA36#BDAA36

#BDAA36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.133 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAA36
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 54)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, -6.04, 59.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 59.45, 95.83°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% -0.0225 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.133 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.0285, 39.8363, 9.2807)
Luminance	0.3983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA36 #3649BD

analogous

#BD6736 #BDAA36 #8CBD36

triadic

#BDAA36 #36BDAA #AA36BD

tetradic

#BDAA36 #36BD67 #3649BD #BD368C

square

#BDAA36 #36BD67 #3649BD #BD368C

split-complementary

#BDAA36 #368CBD #6736BD

monochromatic

#5E541B #8D7F28 #BDAA36 #D1C15F #DFD48F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BDAA36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#BDAA36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA36

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA36	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)

#BAA524

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaa36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.133 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c274',
    500: '#bdaa36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa36;
$custom-light: #d5c274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.556,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73376,
    "c": 0.13329,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA36

secondary

#858FC9

accent

#5EDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA36

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

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