#BDAA43#BDAA43

#BDAA43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.124 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAA43
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 67)
HSL	hsl(51, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 64.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.45, -5.31, 53.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.45, 54.14, 95.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% -0.019 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.124 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.3757, 39.9752, 11.1090)
Luminance	0.3997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA43 #4356BD

analogous

#BD6D43 #BDAA43 #93BD43

triadic

#BDAA43 #43BDAA #AA43BD

tetradic

#BDAA43 #43BD6D #4356BD #BD4393

square

#BDAA43 #43BD6D #4356BD #BD4393

split-complementary

#BDAA43 #4393BD #6D43BD

monochromatic

#635923 #908233 #BDAA43 #CDBE70 #DDD39E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BDAA43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#BDAA43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA43

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA43	1.00	2.33	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.33	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)

#BAA637

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaa43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.124 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c37c',
    500: '#bdaa43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa43;
$custom-light: #d4c37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.656,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73486,
    "c": 0.12389,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA43

secondary

#939BC9

accent

#65D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA43

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

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