#BDAB39#BDAB39

#BDAB39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.132 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAB39
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 57)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 69.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.64, -6.41, 58.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.64, 58.61, 96.28°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% -0.0233 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.132 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2893, 40.2417, 9.7260)
Luminance	0.4024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAB39 #394BBD

analogous

#BD6939 #BDAB39 #8DBD39

triadic

#BDAB39 #39BDAB #AB39BD

tetradic

#BDAB39 #39BD69 #394BBD #BD398D

square

#BDAB39 #39BD69 #394BBD #BD398D

split-complementary

#BDAB39 #398DBD #6939BD

monochromatic

#5F561D #8E802B #BDAB39 #D0C163 #DED492

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BDAB39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#BDAB39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAB39

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAB39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAB39	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA628

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdab39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.132 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c376',
    500: '#bdab39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdab39;
$custom-light: #d4c376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdab39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.818,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73611,
    "c": 0.1321,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAB39

secondary

#8991C9

accent

#5FDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAB39

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

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