#BDAB36#BDAB36

#BDAB36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.134 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAB36
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 54)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, -6.57, 59.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 59.77, 96.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% -0.024 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.134 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.2167, 40.2126, 9.3435)
Luminance	0.4021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAB36 #3648BD

analogous

#BD6736 #BDAB36 #8BBD36

triadic

#BDAB36 #36BDAB #AB36BD

tetradic

#BDAB36 #36BD67 #3648BD #BD368B

square

#BDAB36 #36BD67 #3648BD #BD368B

split-complementary

#BDAB36 #368BBD #6736BD

monochromatic

#5E551B #8D8028 #BDAB36 #D1C25F #DFD48F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BDAB36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#BDAB36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAB36

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAB36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAB36	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)

#BBA624

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdab36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.134 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c375',
    500: '#bdab36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdab36;
$custom-light: #d5c375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdab36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73588,
    "c": 0.1341,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAB36

secondary

#858EC9

accent

#5DDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAB36

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

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