#BDAB46#BDAB46

#BDAB46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.122 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAB46
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 70)
HSL	hsl(51, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 63%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, -5.64, 52.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 53.17, 96.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.73% -0.0196 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(73.73% 0.122 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.6562, 40.3884, 11.6581)
Luminance	0.4039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAB46 #4658BD

analogous

#BD6F46 #BDAB46 #93BD46

triadic

#BDAB46 #46BDAB #AB46BD

tetradic

#BDAB46 #46BD6F #4658BD #BD4693

square

#BDAB46 #46BD6F #4658BD #BD4693

split-complementary

#BDAB46 #4693BD #6F46BD

monochromatic

#655B24 #928434 #BDAB46 #CDBF73 #DDD4A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BDAB46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#BDAB46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAB46

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAB46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAB46	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA73A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdab46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.122 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c37e',
    500: '#bdab46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdab46;
$custom-light: #d4c37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdab46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.924,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73727,
    "c": 0.12232,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAB46

secondary

#959DCA

accent

#65D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAB46

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

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