#BDAB42#BDAB42

#BDAB42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.126 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAB42
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 66)
HSL	hsl(51, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.71, -5.90, 54.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.71, 54.90, 96.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% -0.0208 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.126 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5341, 40.3396, 11.0151)
Luminance	0.4034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAB42 #4254BD

analogous

#BD6E42 #BDAB42 #91BD42

triadic

#BDAB42 #42BDAB #AB42BD

tetradic

#BDAB42 #42BD6E #4254BD #BD4291

square

#BDAB42 #42BD6E #4254BD #BD4291

split-complementary

#BDAB42 #4291BD #6E42BD

monochromatic

#625922 #908232 #BDAB42 #CDBF6F #DDD39D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BDAB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#BDAB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAB42

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAB42	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)

#BBA735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdab42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.126 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c37b',
    500: '#bdab42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdab42;
$custom-light: #d4c37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdab42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.22,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73688,
    "c": 0.12551,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAB42

secondary

#929AC9

accent

#64D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAB42

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

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