#BDAB23#BDAB23

#BDAB23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.144 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAB23
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 35)
HSL	hsl(53, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 81.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.52, -7.34, 65.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.52, 66.11, 96.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.028 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.144 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.8543, 40.0677, 7.4351)
Luminance	0.4007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAB23 #2335BD

analogous

#BD5E23 #BDAB23 #82BD23

triadic

#BDAB23 #23BDAB #AB23BD

tetradic

#BDAB23 #23BD5E #2335BD #BD2382

square

#BDAB23 #23BD5E #2335BD #BD2382

split-complementary

#BDAB23 #2382BD #5E23BD

monochromatic

#564E10 #897C19 #BDAB23 #DCCA41 #E5D875

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BDAB23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#BDAB23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAB23

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAB23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAB23	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: #bdab23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.144 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c36c',
    500: '#bdab23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdab23;
$custom-light: #d5c36c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdab23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.987,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73474,
    "c": 0.14443,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAB23

secondary

#6F7ACD

accent

#51EC3C

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF7EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAB23

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

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