#BDAB33#BDAB33

#BDAB33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.136 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAB33
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 51)
HSL	hsl(52, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 73%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.60, -6.71, 60.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.60, 60.89, 96.33°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% -0.0247 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.136 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.1484, 40.1853, 8.9838)
Luminance	0.4018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAB33 #3345BD

analogous

#BD6633 #BDAB33 #8ABD33

triadic

#BDAB33 #33BDAB #AB33BD

tetradic

#BDAB33 #33BD66 #3345BD #BD338A

square

#BDAB33 #33BD66 #3345BD #BD338A

split-complementary

#BDAB33 #338ABD #6633BD

monochromatic

#5D5419 #8D7F26 #BDAB33 #D3C35B #E0D58B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BDAB33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#BDAB33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAB33

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAB33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAB33	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA61E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdab33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.136 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c373',
    500: '#bdab33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdab33;
$custom-light: #d5c373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdab33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73567,
    "c": 0.136,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAB33

secondary

#828BCA

accent

#5BE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAB33

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

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