#BDAD25#BDAD25

#BDAD25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.145 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAD25
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 37)
HSL	hsl(54, 67%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(54, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 80.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, -8.32, 65.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 66.12, 97.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% -0.0306 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.145 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2655, 40.8412, 7.7228)
Luminance	0.4084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAD25 #2535BD

analogous

#BD6125 #BDAD25 #81BD25

triadic

#BDAD25 #25BDAD #AD25BD

tetradic

#BDAD25 #25BD61 #2535BD #BD2581

square

#BDAD25 #25BD61 #2535BD #BD2581

split-complementary

#BDAD25 #2581BD #6125BD

monochromatic

#574F11 #8A7E1B #BDAD25 #DBCB45 #E5D978

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BDAD25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#BDAD25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAD25

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAD25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAD25	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: #bdad25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.145 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c56d',
    500: '#bdad25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdad25;
$custom-light: #d5c56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdad25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.684,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73911,
    "c": 0.14512,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAD25

secondary

#727BCC

accent

#50EA3E

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FBF8EC

border

#D4D1C7

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAD25

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

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