#BDAB3F#BDAB3F

#BDAB3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.128 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAB3F
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 63)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 66.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, -6.08, 55.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 56.17, 96.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.66% -0.0216 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(73.66% 0.128 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.4480, 40.3052, 10.5615)
Luminance	0.4030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAB3F #3F51BD

analogous

#BD6C3F #BDAB3F #90BD3F

triadic

#BDAB3F #3FBDAB #AB3FBD

tetradic

#BDAB3F #3FBD6C #3F51BD #BD3F90

square

#BDAB3F #3FBD6C #3F51BD #BD3F90

split-complementary

#BDAB3F #3F90BD #6C3FBD

monochromatic

#615820 #8F8130 #BDAB3F #CEC06B #DDD399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BDAB3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#BDAB3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAB3F

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAB3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAB3F	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)

#BBA631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdab3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.128 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c37a',
    500: '#bdab3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdab3f;
$custom-light: #d4c37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdab3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73661,
    "c": 0.1278,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAB3F

secondary

#8F97C9

accent

#62DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAB3F

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

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