#BDAB21#BDAB21

#BDAB21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.145 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAB21
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 33)
HSL	hsl(53, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 82.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, -7.40, 66.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 66.66, 96.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% -0.0283 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.145 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.8255, 40.0562, 7.2831)
Luminance	0.4005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAB21 #2133BD

analogous

#BD5D21 #BDAB21 #81BD21

triadic

#BDAB21 #21BDAB #AB21BD

tetradic

#BDAB21 #21BD5D #2133BD #BD2181

square

#BDAB21 #21BD5D #2133BD #BD2181

split-complementary

#BDAB21 #2181BD #5D21BD

monochromatic

#554D0F #897C18 #BDAB21 #DDCB3E #E6D972

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BDAB21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#BDAB21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAB21

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAB21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAB21	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdab21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.145 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c36b',
    500: '#bdab21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdab21;
$custom-light: #d5c36b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdab21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.077,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73464,
    "c": 0.14528,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAB21

secondary

#6D78CD

accent

#4FED3B

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF7EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAB21

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

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