#BDAB35#BDAB35

#BDAB35 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	#BDAB35
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 53)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.61, -6.62, 59.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.61, 60.15, 96.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% -0.0243 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.135 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1935, 40.2034, 9.2211)
Luminance	0.4020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAB35 #3547BD

analogous

#BD6735 #BDAB35 #8BBD35

triadic

#BDAB35 #35BDAB #AB35BD

tetradic

#BDAB35 #35BD67 #3547BD #BD358B

square

#BDAB35 #35BD67 #3547BD #BD358B

split-complementary

#BDAB35 #358BBD #6735BD

monochromatic

#5D551A #8D8028 #BDAB35 #D2C25D #DFD48D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BDAB35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#BDAB35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAB35

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAB35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAB35	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)

#BBA622

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdab35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.135 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c374',
    500: '#bdab35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdab35;
$custom-light: #d5c374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdab35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.059,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73581,
    "c": 0.13474,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAB35

secondary

#848DCA

accent

#5CDF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAB35

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

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