#BDAA46#BDAA46

#BDAA46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.121 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAA46
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 70)
HSL	hsl(50, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 63%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, -5.12, 52.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 52.83, 95.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% -0.0181 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.121 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.4680, 40.0121, 11.5954)
Luminance	0.4001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA46 #4659BD

analogous

#BD6E46 #BDAA46 #94BD46

triadic

#BDAA46 #46BDAA #AA46BD

tetradic

#BDAA46 #46BD6E #4659BD #BD4694

square

#BDAA46 #46BD6E #4659BD #BD4694

split-complementary

#BDAA46 #4694BD #6E46BD

monochromatic

#655A24 #928334 #BDAA46 #CDBF73 #DDD3A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BDAA46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#BDAA46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA46

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA46	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)

#B9A63B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaa46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.121 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c37e',
    500: '#bdaa46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa46;
$custom-light: #d4c37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.42,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73515,
    "c": 0.12147,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA46

secondary

#959DCA

accent

#66D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA46

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

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