#BDAB40#BDAB40

#BDAB40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.127 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAB40
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 64)
HSL	hsl(51, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 66.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, -6.02, 55.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 55.75, 96.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.67% -0.0213 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(73.67% 0.127 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.4762, 40.3164, 10.7100)
Luminance	0.4032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAB40 #4052BD

analogous

#BD6D40 #BDAB40 #91BD40

triadic

#BDAB40 #40BDAB #AB40BD

tetradic

#BDAB40 #40BD6D #4052BD #BD4091

square

#BDAB40 #40BD6D #4052BD #BD4091

split-complementary

#BDAB40 #4091BD #6D40BD

monochromatic

#625821 #8F8231 #BDAB40 #CDC06D #DDD39A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BDAB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#BDAB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAB40

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAB40	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)

#BBA632

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdab40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.127 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c37a',
    500: '#bdab40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdab40;
$custom-light: #d4c37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdab40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.36,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7367,
    "c": 0.12705,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAB40

secondary

#9098C9

accent

#63D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAB40

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

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