#BDAB32#BDAB32

#BDAB32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.137 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAB32
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 50)
HSL	hsl(52, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 73.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.60, -6.76, 60.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.60, 61.26, 96.33°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% -0.025 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.137 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.1266, 40.1766, 8.8689)
Luminance	0.4017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAB32 #3244BD

analogous

#BD6632 #BDAB32 #8ABD32

triadic

#BDAB32 #32BDAB #AB32BD

tetradic

#BDAB32 #32BD66 #3244BD #BD328A

square

#BDAB32 #32BD66 #3244BD #BD328A

split-complementary

#BDAB32 #328ABD #6632BD

monochromatic

#5C5318 #8D7F25 #BDAB32 #D3C359 #E0D589

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BDAB32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#BDAB32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAB32

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAB32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAB32	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	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)

#BBA61D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdab32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.137 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c372',
    500: '#bdab32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdab32;
$custom-light: #d5c372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdab32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.23,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7356,
    "c": 0.13661,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAB32

secondary

#818ACA

accent

#5AE146

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAB32

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

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