#BDAD2F#BDAD2F

#BDAD2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.140 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAD2F
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 47)
HSL	hsl(53, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 75.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, -7.94, 62.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 62.95, 97.24°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% -0.0286 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.14 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.4446, 40.9128, 8.6661)
Luminance	0.4091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAD2F #2F3FBD

analogous

#BD662F #BDAD2F #86BD2F

triadic

#BDAD2F #2FBDAD #AD2FBD

tetradic

#BDAD2F #2FBD66 #2F3FBD #BD2F86

square

#BDAD2F #2FBD66 #2F3FBD #BD2F86

split-complementary

#BDAD2F #2F86BD #662FBD

monochromatic

#5B5317 #8C8023 #BDAD2F #D5C655 #E1D786

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BDAD2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#BDAD2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAD2F

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAD2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAD2F	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)

#BDA816

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdad2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.140 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c571',
    500: '#bdad2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdad2f;
$custom-light: #d5c571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdad2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.239,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73967,
    "c": 0.14001,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAD2F

secondary

#7E86CA

accent

#56E344

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAD2F

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

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