#BDAB2C#BDAB2C

#BDAB2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.140 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAB2C
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 44)
HSL	hsl(53, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 76.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, -7.01, 62.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 63.34, 96.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% -0.0263 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.14 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.0055, 40.1282, 8.2314)
Luminance	0.4013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAB2C #2C3EBD

analogous

#BD632C #BDAB2C #86BD2C

triadic

#BDAB2C #2CBDAB #AB2CBD

tetradic

#BDAB2C #2CBD63 #2C3EBD #BD2C86

square

#BDAB2C #2CBD63 #2C3EBD #BD2C86

split-complementary

#BDAB2C #2C86BD #632CBD

monochromatic

#5A5115 #8B7E20 #BDAB2C #D6C650 #E2D682

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BDAB2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#BDAB2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAB2C

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAB2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAB2C	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA60F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdab2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.140 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c36f',
    500: '#bdab2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdab2c;
$custom-light: #d5c36f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdab2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.552,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73521,
    "c": 0.14005,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAB2C

secondary

#7A84CB

accent

#57E542

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAB2C

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

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