#BDAB2E#BDAB2E

#BDAB2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.139 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAB2E
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 46)
HSL	hsl(52, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(52, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 75.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, -6.93, 62.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 62.67, 96.35°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% -0.0259 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.139 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.0440, 40.1436, 8.4342)
Luminance	0.4014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAB2E #2E40BD

analogous

#BD642E #BDAB2E #87BD2E

triadic

#BDAB2E #2EBDAB #AB2EBD

tetradic

#BDAB2E #2EBD64 #2E40BD #BD2E87

square

#BDAB2E #2EBD64 #2E40BD #BD2E87

split-complementary

#BDAB2E #2E87BD #642EBD

monochromatic

#5B5216 #8C7E22 #BDAB2E #D5C553 #E1D584

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BDAB2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#BDAB2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAB2E

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAB2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAB2E	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)

#BCA614

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdab2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.139 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c370',
    500: '#bdab2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdab2e;
$custom-light: #d5c370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdab2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.448,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73534,
    "c": 0.13895,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAB2E

secondary

#7C86CA

accent

#58E444

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAB2E

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

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