#BDAA42#BDAA42

#BDAA42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.125 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAA42
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 66)
HSL	hsl(51, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.44, -5.37, 54.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.44, 54.57, 95.65°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% -0.0193 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.125 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.3459, 39.9633, 10.9524)
Luminance	0.3996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA42 #4255BD

analogous

#BD6D42 #BDAA42 #92BD42

triadic

#BDAA42 #42BDAA #AA42BD

tetradic

#BDAA42 #42BD6D #4255BD #BD4292

square

#BDAA42 #42BD6D #4255BD #BD4292

split-complementary

#BDAA42 #4292BD #6D42BD

monochromatic

#625822 #908132 #BDAA42 #CDBE6F #DDD39D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BDAA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#BDAA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA42

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA42	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA635

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaa42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.125 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c37b',
    500: '#bdaa42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa42;
$custom-light: #d4c37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.732,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73476,
    "c": 0.12468,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA42

secondary

#929AC9

accent

#65D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA42

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

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