#BDAA3B#BDAA3B

#BDAA3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.130 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAA3B
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 59)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 68.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, -5.78, 57.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 57.48, 95.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% -0.0212 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.13 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1520, 39.8857, 9.9313)
Luminance	0.3988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA3B #3B4EBD

analogous

#BD693B #BDAA3B #8FBD3B

triadic

#BDAA3B #3BBDAA #AA3BBD

tetradic

#BDAA3B #3BBD69 #3B4EBD #BD3B8F

square

#BDAA3B #3BBD69 #3B4EBD #BD3B8F

split-complementary

#BDAA3B #3B8FBD #693BBD

monochromatic

#60561E #8E802C #BDAA3B #CFC066 #DED395

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BDAA3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#BDAA3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA3B

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA3B	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA52C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaa3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.130 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c377',
    500: '#bdaa3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa3b;
$custom-light: #d4c377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.231,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73415,
    "c": 0.12989,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA3B

secondary

#8B94C9

accent

#61DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA3B

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

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