#BDAB3C#BDAB3C

#BDAB3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.130 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAB3C
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 60)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 68.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.66, -6.25, 57.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.66, 57.41, 96.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% -0.0225 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.13 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.3664, 40.2725, 10.1319)
Luminance	0.4027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAB3C #3C4EBD

analogous

#BD6B3C #BDAB3C #8FBD3C

triadic

#BDAB3C #3CBDAB #AB3CBD

tetradic

#BDAB3C #3CBD6B #3C4EBD #BD3C8F

square

#BDAB3C #3CBD6B #3C4EBD #BD3C8F

split-complementary

#BDAB3C #3C8FBD #6B3CBD

monochromatic

#60571F #8F812D #BDAB3C #CFC067 #DED496

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BDAB3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#BDAB3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAB3C

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAB3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAB3C	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)

#BBA62D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdab3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.130 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c378',
    500: '#bdab3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdab3c;
$custom-light: #d4c378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdab3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.628,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73635,
    "c": 0.12999,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAB3C

secondary

#8C94C9

accent

#60DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAB3C

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

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