#BDAB44#BDAB44

#BDAB44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.124 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAB44
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 68)
HSL	hsl(51, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 64%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.73, -5.77, 53.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.73, 54.04, 96.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.71% -0.0202 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(73.71% 0.124 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.5941, 40.3636, 11.3311)
Luminance	0.4036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAB44 #4456BD

analogous

#BD6E44 #BDAB44 #93BD44

triadic

#BDAB44 #44BDAB #AB44BD

tetradic

#BDAB44 #44BD6E #4456BD #BD4493

square

#BDAB44 #44BD6E #4456BD #BD4493

split-complementary

#BDAB44 #4493BD #6E44BD

monochromatic

#635A23 #918333 #BDAB44 #CDBF71 #DDD49E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BDAB44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#BDAB44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAB44

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAB44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAB44	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	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)

#BBA738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdab44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.124 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c37d',
    500: '#bdab44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdab44;
$custom-light: #d4c37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdab44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.074,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73707,
    "c": 0.12393,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAB44

secondary

#939BC9

accent

#64D750

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAB44

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

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