#BDAB48#BDAB48

#BDAB48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.121 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAB48
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 72)
HSL	hsl(51, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 61.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, -5.51, 51.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 52.28, 96.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% -0.019 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.121 99)
XYZ	xyz(36.7204, 40.4141, 11.9961)
Luminance	0.4041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAB48 #485ABD

analogous

#BD7048 #BDAB48 #94BD48

triadic

#BDAB48 #48BDAB #AB48BD

tetradic

#BDAB48 #48BD70 #485ABD #BD4894

square

#BDAB48 #48BD70 #485ABD #BD4894

split-complementary

#BDAB48 #4894BD #7048BD

monochromatic

#665C25 #938435 #BDAB48 #CDC075 #DDD4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BDAB48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#BDAB48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAB48

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAB48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAB48	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)

#BAA73D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdab48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.121 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c37f',
    500: '#bdab48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdab48;
$custom-light: #d4c37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdab48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73747,
    "c": 0.12066,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.40413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAB48

secondary

#979FCA

accent

#66D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAB48

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

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