#BDAB43#BDAB43

#BDAB43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.125 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAB43
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 67)
HSL	hsl(51, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 64.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, -5.84, 54.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 54.47, 96.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% -0.0205 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.125 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5638, 40.3515, 11.1718)
Luminance	0.4035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAB43 #4355BD

analogous

#BD6E43 #BDAB43 #92BD43

triadic

#BDAB43 #43BDAB #AB43BD

tetradic

#BDAB43 #43BD6E #4355BD #BD4392

square

#BDAB43 #43BD6E #4355BD #BD4392

split-complementary

#BDAB43 #4392BD #6E43BD

monochromatic

#635923 #908233 #BDAB43 #CDBF70 #DDD39E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BDAB43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#BDAB43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAB43

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAB43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAB43	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)

#BBA736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdab43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.125 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c37c',
    500: '#bdab43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdab43;
$custom-light: #d4c37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdab43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.148,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73698,
    "c": 0.12472,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAB43

secondary

#939BC9

accent

#64D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAB43

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

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