#BDAD24#BDAD24

#BDAD24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.146 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAD24
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 36)
HSL	hsl(54, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(54, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 81%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, -8.35, 65.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 66.41, 97.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% -0.0307 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.146 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2500, 40.8350, 7.6412)
Luminance	0.4083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAD24 #2434BD

analogous

#BD6024 #BDAD24 #81BD24

triadic

#BDAD24 #24BDAD #AD24BD

tetradic

#BDAD24 #24BD60 #2434BD #BD2481

square

#BDAD24 #24BD60 #2434BD #BD2481

split-complementary

#BDAD24 #2481BD #6024BD

monochromatic

#564F10 #8A7E1A #BDAD24 #DBCB43 #E5D976

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BDAD24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#BDAD24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAD24

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAD24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAD24	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdad24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.146 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c56c',
    500: '#bdad24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdad24;
$custom-light: #d5c56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdad24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.725,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73906,
    "c": 0.14558,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAD24

secondary

#707ACC

accent

#4FEB3D

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FBF8EC

border

#D4D1C7

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAD24

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

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