#BDAB3E#BDAB3E

#BDAB3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.129 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAB3E
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 62)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 67.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.68, -6.14, 56.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.68, 56.59, 96.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% -0.0219 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.129 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.4203, 40.2941, 10.4156)
Luminance	0.4029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAB3E #3E50BD

analogous

#BD6C3E #BDAB3E #90BD3E

triadic

#BDAB3E #3EBDAB #AB3EBD

tetradic

#BDAB3E #3EBD6C #3E50BD #BD3E90

square

#BDAB3E #3EBD6C #3E50BD #BD3E90

split-complementary

#BDAB3E #3E90BD #6C3EBD

monochromatic

#615820 #8F812F #BDAB3E #CEC06A #DDD398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BDAB3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#BDAB3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAB3E

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAB3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAB3E	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA630

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdab3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.129 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c379',
    500: '#bdab3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdab3e;
$custom-light: #d4c379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdab3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.496,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73652,
    "c": 0.12854,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAB3E

secondary

#8E96C9

accent

#62DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAB3E

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

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