#BDAD2E#BDAD2E

#BDAD2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.141 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAD2E
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 46)
HSL	hsl(53, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 75.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, -7.98, 62.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 63.29, 97.24°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% -0.0288 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.141 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.4247, 40.9049, 8.5610)
Luminance	0.4090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAD2E #2E3EBD

analogous

#BD652E #BDAD2E #85BD2E

triadic

#BDAD2E #2EBDAD #AD2EBD

tetradic

#BDAD2E #2EBD65 #2E3EBD #BD2E85

square

#BDAD2E #2EBD65 #2E3EBD #BD2E85

split-complementary

#BDAD2E #2E85BD #652EBD

monochromatic

#5B5316 #8C8022 #BDAD2E #D5C753 #E1D784

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BDAD2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#BDAD2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAD2E

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAD2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAD2E	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)

#BDA813

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdad2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.141 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c571',
    500: '#bdad2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdad2e;
$custom-light: #d5c571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdad2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.287,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7396,
    "c": 0.14058,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAD2E

secondary

#7C85CA

accent

#56E444

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAD2E

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

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