#BDAB3B#BDAB3B

#BDAB3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.131 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAB3B
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 59)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 68.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.66, -6.31, 57.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.66, 57.81, 96.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% -0.0227 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.131 100)
XYZ	xyz(36.3402, 40.2621, 9.9940)
Luminance	0.4026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAB3B #3B4DBD

analogous

#BD6A3B #BDAB3B #8EBD3B

triadic

#BDAB3B #3BBDAB #AB3BBD

tetradic

#BDAB3B #3BBD6A #3B4DBD #BD3B8E

square

#BDAB3B #3BBD6A #3B4DBD #BD3B8E

split-complementary

#BDAB3B #3B8EBD #6A3BBD

monochromatic

#60571E #8E812C #BDAB3B #CFC166 #DED495

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BDAB3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#BDAB3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAB3B

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAB3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAB3B	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)

#BBA62B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdab3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.131 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c377',
    500: '#bdab3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdab3b;
$custom-light: #d4c377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdab3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.692,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73627,
    "c": 0.13071,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.4026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAB3B

secondary

#8B93C9

accent

#60DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAB3B

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

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