#BDAD21#BDAD21

#BDAD21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.147 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAD21
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 33)
HSL	hsl(54, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(54, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 82.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.05, -8.44, 66.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.05, 67.24, 97.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% -0.0312 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.147 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.2061, 40.8174, 7.4100)
Luminance	0.4082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAD21 #2131BD

analogous

#BD5F21 #BDAD21 #7FBD21

triadic

#BDAD21 #21BDAD #AD21BD

tetradic

#BDAD21 #21BD5F #2131BD #BD217F

square

#BDAD21 #21BD5F #2131BD #BD217F

split-complementary

#BDAD21 #217FBD #5F21BD

monochromatic

#554E0F #897D18 #BDAD21 #DDCD3E #E6DA72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BDAD21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#BDAD21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAD21

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAD21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAD21	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AE2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdad21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.147 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c56b',
    500: '#bdad21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdad21;
$custom-light: #d5c56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdad21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.846,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73892,
    "c": 0.14686,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAD21

secondary

#6D77CD

accent

#4DED3B

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FBF8EC

border

#D4D1C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAD21

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

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