#BDAA47#BDAA47

#BDAA47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.121 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAA47
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 71)
HSL	hsl(50, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 62.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, -5.05, 52.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 52.38, 95.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% -0.0177 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.121 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.4998, 40.0248, 11.7630)
Luminance	0.4002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA47 #475ABD

analogous

#BD6F47 #BDAA47 #95BD47

triadic

#BDAA47 #47BDAA #AA47BD

tetradic

#BDAA47 #47BD6F #475ABD #BD4795

square

#BDAA47 #47BD6F #475ABD #BD4795

split-complementary

#BDAA47 #4795BD #6F47BD

monochromatic

#655B24 #928334 #BDAA47 #CDBF74 #DDD4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BDAA47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#BDAA47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA47

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA47	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)

#B9A63C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaa47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.121 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c37e',
    500: '#bdaa47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa47;
$custom-light: #d4c37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.339,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73525,
    "c": 0.12064,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA47

secondary

#969ECA

accent

#67D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA47

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

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