#BDAB47#BDAB47

#BDAB47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.121 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAB47
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 71)
HSL	hsl(51, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 62.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, -5.58, 52.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 52.73, 96.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% -0.0193 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.121 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.6880, 40.4012, 11.8257)
Luminance	0.4040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAB47 #4759BD

analogous

#BD7047 #BDAB47 #94BD47

triadic

#BDAB47 #47BDAB #AB47BD

tetradic

#BDAB47 #47BD70 #4759BD #BD4794

square

#BDAB47 #47BD70 #4759BD #BD4794

split-complementary

#BDAB47 #4794BD #7047BD

monochromatic

#655B24 #928434 #BDAB47 #CDC074 #DDD4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BDAB47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#BDAB47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAB47

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAB47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAB47	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)

#BAA73C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdab47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.121 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c37e',
    500: '#bdab47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdab47;
$custom-light: #d4c37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdab47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.847,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73737,
    "c": 0.12149,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAB47

secondary

#969ECA

accent

#65D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAB47

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

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