#BDAB37#BDAB37

#BDAB37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.133 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAB37
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 55)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, -6.52, 59.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 59.38, 96.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% -0.0238 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.133 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.2404, 40.2221, 9.4684)
Luminance	0.4022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAB37 #3749BD

analogous

#BD6837 #BDAB37 #8CBD37

triadic

#BDAB37 #37BDAB #AB37BD

tetradic

#BDAB37 #37BD68 #3749BD #BD378C

square

#BDAB37 #37BD68 #3749BD #BD378C

split-complementary

#BDAB37 #378CBD #6837BD

monochromatic

#5E551B #8E8029 #BDAB37 #D1C260 #DFD490

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BDAB37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#BDAB37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAB37

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAB37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAB37	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)

#BBA625

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdab37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.133 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c375',
    500: '#bdab37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdab37;
$custom-light: #d4c375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdab37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.94,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73596,
    "c": 0.13344,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAB37

secondary

#868FC9

accent

#5EDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAB37

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

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