#BDAB54#BDAB54

#BDAB54 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.110 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAB54
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 84)
HSL	hsl(50, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 55.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.89, -4.62, 46.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.89, 46.73, 95.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.88% -0.015 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(73.88% 0.11 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.1508, 40.5863, 14.2628)
Luminance	0.4058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAB54 #5466BD

analogous

#BD7654 #BDAB54 #9ABD54

triadic

#BDAB54 #54BDAB #AB54BD

tetradic

#BDAB54 #54BD76 #5466BD #BD549A

square

#BDAB54 #54BD76 #5466BD #BD549A

split-complementary

#BDAB54 #549ABD #7654BD

monochromatic

#6D612A #99893B #BDAB54 #CEC180 #DFD6AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BDAB54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#BDAB54 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAB54

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAB54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAB54	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A74C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdab54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.110 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c387',
    500: '#bdab54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdab54;
$custom-light: #d3c387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdab54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.714,
    "s": 44.304,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73883,
    "c": 0.1099,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAB54

secondary

#A0A8CD

accent

#6AD454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAB54

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

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