#BDAB45#BDAB45

#BDAB45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.123 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAB45
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 69)
HSL	hsl(51, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 63.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.74, -5.71, 53.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.74, 53.61, 96.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% -0.0199 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.123 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.6249, 40.3759, 11.4932)
Luminance	0.4037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAB45 #4557BD

analogous

#BD6F45 #BDAB45 #93BD45

triadic

#BDAB45 #45BDAB #AB45BD

tetradic

#BDAB45 #45BD6F #4557BD #BD4593

square

#BDAB45 #45BD6F #4557BD #BD4593

split-complementary

#BDAB45 #4593BD #6F45BD

monochromatic

#645A24 #918334 #BDAB45 #CDBF72 #DDD49F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BDAB45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#BDAB45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAB45

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAB45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAB45	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)

#BAA739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdab45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.123 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c37d',
    500: '#bdab45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdab45;
$custom-light: #d4c37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdab45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73717,
    "c": 0.12313,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAB45

secondary

#949CCA

accent

#65D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAB45

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

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