#BDAD2C#BDAD2C

#BDAD2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.142 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAD2C
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 44)
HSL	hsl(53, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 76.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.10, -8.06, 63.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.10, 63.96, 97.24°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% -0.0292 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.142 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.3862, 40.8895, 8.3582)
Luminance	0.4089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAD2C #2C3CBD

analogous

#BD642C #BDAD2C #85BD2C

triadic

#BDAD2C #2CBDAD #AD2CBD

tetradic

#BDAD2C #2CBD64 #2C3CBD #BD2C85

square

#BDAD2C #2CBD64 #2C3CBD #BD2C85

split-complementary

#BDAD2C #2C85BD #642CBD

monochromatic

#5A5215 #8B8020 #BDAD2C #D6C750 #E2D782

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BDAD2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#BDAD2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAD2C

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAD2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAD2C	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA80E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdad2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.142 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c570',
    500: '#bdad2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdad2c;
$custom-light: #d5c570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdad2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.379,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73948,
    "c": 0.14167,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAD2C

secondary

#7A83CB

accent

#54E542

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAD2C

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

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