#BDAA3E#BDAA3E

#BDAA3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.128 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAA3E
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 62)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 67.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, -5.61, 55.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 56.26, 95.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% -0.0204 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.128 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2321, 39.9177, 10.3529)
Luminance	0.3992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA3E #3E51BD

analogous

#BD6B3E #BDAA3E #91BD3E

triadic

#BDAA3E #3EBDAA #AA3EBD

tetradic

#BDAA3E #3EBD6B #3E51BD #BD3E91

square

#BDAA3E #3EBD6B #3E51BD #BD3E91

split-complementary

#BDAA3E #3E91BD #6B3EBD

monochromatic

#615720 #8F812F #BDAA3E #CEBF6A #DDD398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BDAA3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#BDAA3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA3E

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA3E	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)

#BAA630

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaa3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.128 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c379',
    500: '#bdaa3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa3e;
$custom-light: #d4c379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.024,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7344,
    "c": 0.12772,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA3E

secondary

#8E97C9

accent

#63DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA3E

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

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