#BDAD34#BDAD34

#BDAD34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.137 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAD34
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 52)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 72.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.14, -7.71, 60.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.14, 61.16, 97.24°)
OKLab	oklab(74% -0.0275 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(74% 0.137 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5513, 40.9555, 9.2280)
Luminance	0.4095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAD34 #3444BD

analogous

#BD6934 #BDAD34 #88BD34

triadic

#BDAD34 #34BDAD #AD34BD

tetradic

#BDAD34 #34BD69 #3444BD #BD3488

square

#BDAD34 #34BD69 #3444BD #BD3488

split-complementary

#BDAD34 #3488BD #6934BD

monochromatic

#5D551A #8D8127 #BDAD34 #D2C45C #DFD68C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BDAD34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#BDAD34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAD34

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAD34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAD34	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	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)

#BDA81F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdad34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.137 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c574',
    500: '#bdad34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdad34;
$custom-light: #d5c574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdad34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.993,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74,
    "c": 0.13703,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAD34

secondary

#838BCA

accent

#59E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAD34

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

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