#BDAA39#BDAA39

#BDAA39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.131 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAA39
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 57)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 69.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, -5.89, 57.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 58.28, 95.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% -0.0218 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.131 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.1012, 39.8654, 9.6633)
Luminance	0.3986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA39 #394CBD

analogous

#BD6839 #BDAA39 #8EBD39

triadic

#BDAA39 #39BDAA #AA39BD

tetradic

#BDAA39 #39BD68 #394CBD #BD398E

square

#BDAA39 #39BD68 #394CBD #BD398E

split-complementary

#BDAA39 #398EBD #6839BD

monochromatic

#5F551D #8E802B #BDAA39 #D0C063 #DED392

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BDAA39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#BDAA39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA39

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA39	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)

#BAA529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaa39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.131 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c276',
    500: '#bdaa39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa39;
$custom-light: #d4c276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.364,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73399,
    "c": 0.13129,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA39

secondary

#8992C9

accent

#60DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA39

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

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