#BDAD26#BDAD26

#BDAD26 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.145 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAD26
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 38)
HSL	hsl(54, 67%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(54, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 79.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, -8.28, 65.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 65.83, 97.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% -0.0304 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.145 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2814, 40.8476, 7.8066)
Luminance	0.4085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAD26 #2636BD

analogous

#BD6126 #BDAD26 #82BD26

triadic

#BDAD26 #26BDAD #AD26BD

tetradic

#BDAD26 #26BD61 #2636BD #BD2682

square

#BDAD26 #26BD61 #2636BD #BD2682

split-complementary

#BDAD26 #2682BD #6126BD

monochromatic

#575012 #8A7E1C #BDAD26 #DACA46 #E4D979

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BDAD26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#BDAD26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAD26

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAD26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAD26	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)

#C2AE31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdad26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.145 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c56d',
    500: '#bdad26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdad26;
$custom-light: #d5c56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdad26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.642,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73916,
    "c": 0.14467,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAD26

secondary

#737CCC

accent

#50E93E

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FBF8EC

border

#D4D1C7

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAD26

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

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