#BDAD33#BDAD33

#BDAD33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.138 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAD33
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 51)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 73%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.14, -7.76, 61.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.14, 61.53, 97.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% -0.0277 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.138 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5290, 40.9466, 9.1107)
Luminance	0.4094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAD33 #3343BD

analogous

#BD6833 #BDAD33 #88BD33

triadic

#BDAD33 #33BDAD #AD33BD

tetradic

#BDAD33 #33BD68 #3343BD #BD3388

square

#BDAD33 #33BD68 #3343BD #BD3388

split-complementary

#BDAD33 #3388BD #6833BD

monochromatic

#5D5519 #8D8126 #BDAD33 #D3C55B #E0D68B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BDAD33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#BDAD33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAD33

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAD33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAD33	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)

#BDA81E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdad33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.138 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c573',
    500: '#bdad33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdad33;
$custom-light: #d5c573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdad33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.043,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73993,
    "c": 0.13765,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAD33

secondary

#828ACA

accent

#59E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAD33

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

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