#BDAB25#BDAB25

#BDAB25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.144 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAB25
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 37)
HSL	hsl(53, 67%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 80.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.53, -7.27, 65.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.53, 65.53, 96.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% -0.0276 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.144 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.8849, 40.0799, 7.5959)
Luminance	0.4008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAB25 #2537BD

analogous

#BD5F25 #BDAB25 #83BD25

triadic

#BDAB25 #25BDAB #AB25BD

tetradic

#BDAB25 #25BD5F #2537BD #BD2583

square

#BDAB25 #25BD5F #2537BD #BD2583

split-complementary

#BDAB25 #2583BD #5F25BD

monochromatic

#574E11 #8A7D1B #BDAB25 #DBC945 #E5D878

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BDAB25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#BDAB25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAB25

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAB25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAB25	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdab25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.144 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c36c',
    500: '#bdab25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdab25;
$custom-light: #d5c36c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdab25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.895,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73483,
    "c": 0.14353,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAB25

secondary

#727CCC

accent

#52EA3E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF7EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAB25

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

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