#BDAA3A#BDAA3A

#BDAA3A 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	#BDAA3A
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 58)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 69.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, -5.83, 57.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 57.89, 95.78°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% -0.0215 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.131 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.1264, 39.8754, 9.7960)
Luminance	0.3987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA3A #3A4DBD

analogous

#BD683A #BDAA3A #8EBD3A

triadic

#BDAA3A #3ABDAA #AA3ABD

tetradic

#BDAA3A #3ABD68 #3A4DBD #BD3A8E

square

#BDAA3A #3ABD68 #3A4DBD #BD3A8E

split-complementary

#BDAA3A #3A8EBD #683ABD

monochromatic

#5F561D #8E802C #BDAA3A #D0C065 #DED393

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BDAA3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#BDAA3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA3A

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA3A	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)

#BAA52A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaa3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.131 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c277',
    500: '#bdaa3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa3a;
$custom-light: #d4c277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.298,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73407,
    "c": 0.13059,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA3A

secondary

#8A93C9

accent

#60DC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA3A

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

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