#BDAB3A#BDAB3A

#BDAB3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.131 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAB3A
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 58)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 69.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, -6.36, 57.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 58.21, 96.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.62% -0.023 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(73.62% 0.131 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.3145, 40.2518, 9.8587)
Luminance	0.4025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAB3A #3A4CBD

analogous

#BD693A #BDAB3A #8DBD3A

triadic

#BDAB3A #3ABDAB #AB3ABD

tetradic

#BDAB3A #3ABD69 #3A4CBD #BD3A8D

square

#BDAB3A #3ABD69 #3A4CBD #BD3A8D

split-complementary

#BDAB3A #3A8DBD #693ABD

monochromatic

#5F561D #8E812C #BDAB3A #D0C165 #DED493

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BDAB3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#BDAB3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAB3A

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAB3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAB3A	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)

#BBA62A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdab3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.131 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c377',
    500: '#bdab3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdab3a;
$custom-light: #d4c377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdab3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.756,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73619,
    "c": 0.13141,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAB3A

secondary

#8A92C9

accent

#5FDC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAB3A

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

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