#BDAB22#BDAB22

#BDAB22 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	#BDAB22
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 34)
HSL	hsl(53, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 82%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, -7.37, 65.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 66.38, 96.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.0281 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.145 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.8397, 40.0619, 7.3580)
Luminance	0.4006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAB22 #2234BD

analogous

#BD5D22 #BDAB22 #81BD22

triadic

#BDAB22 #22BDAB #AB22BD

tetradic

#BDAB22 #22BD5D #2234BD #BD2281

square

#BDAB22 #22BD5D #2234BD #BD2281

split-complementary

#BDAB22 #2281BD #5D22BD

monochromatic

#554D0F #897C19 #BDAB22 #DDCA40 #E6D973

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BDAB22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#BDAB22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAB22

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAB22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAB22	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)

#C1AD2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdab22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.145 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c36b',
    500: '#bdab22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdab22;
$custom-light: #d5c36b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdab22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.032,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73469,
    "c": 0.14486,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAB22

secondary

#6E79CD

accent

#50EC3B

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF7EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAB22

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

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