#BDAD32#BDAD32

#BDAD32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.138 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAD32
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 50)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 73.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.13, -7.81, 61.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.13, 61.89, 97.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% -0.0279 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.138 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.5072, 40.9379, 8.9958)
Luminance	0.4094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAD32 #3242BD

analogous

#BD6832 #BDAD32 #87BD32

triadic

#BDAD32 #32BDAD #AD32BD

tetradic

#BDAD32 #32BD68 #3242BD #BD3287

square

#BDAD32 #32BD68 #3242BD #BD3287

split-complementary

#BDAD32 #3287BD #6832BD

monochromatic

#5C5418 #8D8125 #BDAD32 #D3C559 #E0D689

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BDAD32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#BDAD32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAD32

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAD32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAD32	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA81C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdad32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.138 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c573',
    500: '#bdad32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdad32;
$custom-light: #d5c573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdad32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.094,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73986,
    "c": 0.13826,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAD32

secondary

#8189CA

accent

#58E146

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAD32

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

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