#BDAB41#BDAB41

#BDAB41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.126 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAB41
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 65)
HSL	hsl(51, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 65.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.70, -5.96, 55.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.70, 55.33, 96.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% -0.0211 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.126 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5049, 40.3279, 10.8612)
Luminance	0.4033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAB41 #4153BD

analogous

#BD6D41 #BDAB41 #91BD41

triadic

#BDAB41 #41BDAB #AB41BD

tetradic

#BDAB41 #41BD6D #4153BD #BD4191

square

#BDAB41 #41BD6D #4153BD #BD4191

split-complementary

#BDAB41 #4191BD #6D41BD

monochromatic

#625922 #8F8231 #BDAB41 #CDBF6E #DDD39C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BDAB41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#BDAB41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAB41

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAB41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAB41	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdab41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.126 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c37b',
    500: '#bdab41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdab41;
$custom-light: #d4c37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdab41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.29,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73679,
    "c": 0.12629,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAB41

secondary

#9199C9

accent

#63D84F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAB41

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

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