#BDAB34#BDAB34

#BDAB34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.135 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAB34
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 52)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 72.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.61, -6.66, 60.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.61, 60.52, 96.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% -0.0245 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.135 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1707, 40.1942, 9.1012)
Luminance	0.4019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAB34 #3446BD

analogous

#BD6734 #BDAB34 #8ABD34

triadic

#BDAB34 #34BDAB #AB34BD

tetradic

#BDAB34 #34BD67 #3446BD #BD348A

square

#BDAB34 #34BD67 #3446BD #BD348A

split-complementary

#BDAB34 #348ABD #6734BD

monochromatic

#5D541A #8D8027 #BDAB34 #D2C35C #DFD48C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BDAB34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#BDAB34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAB34

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAB34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAB34	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)

#BBA620

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdab34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.135 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c373',
    500: '#bdab34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdab34;
$custom-light: #d5c373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdab34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.117,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73574,
    "c": 0.13538,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAB34

secondary

#838CCA

accent

#5CE048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAB34

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

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