#BDAA45#BDAA45

#BDAA45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.122 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAA45
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 69)
HSL	hsl(51, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 63.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.47, -5.18, 53.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.47, 53.27, 95.58°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% -0.0184 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.122 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.4367, 39.9996, 11.4305)
Luminance	0.4000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA45 #4558BD

analogous

#BD6E45 #BDAA45 #94BD45

triadic

#BDAA45 #45BDAA #AA45BD

tetradic

#BDAA45 #45BD6E #4558BD #BD4594

square

#BDAA45 #45BD6E #4558BD #BD4594

split-complementary

#BDAA45 #4594BD #6E45BD

monochromatic

#645A24 #918234 #BDAA45 #CDBF72 #DDD39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BDAA45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#BDAA45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA45

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA45	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)

#BAA639

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaa45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.122 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c37d',
    500: '#bdaa45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa45;
$custom-light: #d4c37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73505,
    "c": 0.12229,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA45

secondary

#949DCA

accent

#66D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA45

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

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