#BDAA44#BDAA44

#BDAA44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.123 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAA44
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 68)
HSL	hsl(51, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 64%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, -5.25, 53.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 53.70, 95.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% -0.0187 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.123 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.4059, 39.9873, 11.2684)
Luminance	0.3999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA44 #4457BD

analogous

#BD6E44 #BDAA44 #93BD44

triadic

#BDAA44 #44BDAA #AA44BD

tetradic

#BDAA44 #44BD6E #4457BD #BD4493

square

#BDAA44 #44BD6E #4457BD #BD4493

split-complementary

#BDAA44 #4493BD #6E44BD

monochromatic

#635923 #918233 #BDAA44 #CDBF71 #DDD39E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BDAA44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#BDAA44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA44

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA44	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA638

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaa44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.123 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c37c',
    500: '#bdaa44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa44;
$custom-light: #d4c37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.579,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73495,
    "c": 0.12309,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA44

secondary

#939CC9

accent

#66D750

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA44

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

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