#BDAD35#BDAD35

#BDAD35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.136 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAD35
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 53)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.15, -7.66, 60.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.15, 60.79, 97.24°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% -0.0272 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.136 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5741, 40.9646, 9.3479)
Luminance	0.4096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAD35 #3545BD

analogous

#BD6935 #BDAD35 #89BD35

triadic

#BDAD35 #35BDAD #AD35BD

tetradic

#BDAD35 #35BD69 #3545BD #BD3589

square

#BDAD35 #35BD69 #3545BD #BD3589

split-complementary

#BDAD35 #3589BD #6935BD

monochromatic

#5D551A #8D8128 #BDAD35 #D2C45D #DFD58D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BDAD35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#BDAD35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAD35

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAD35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAD35	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)

#BDA821

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdad35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.136 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c574',
    500: '#bdad35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdad35;
$custom-light: #d5c574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdad35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74007,
    "c": 0.13641,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAD35

secondary

#848CCA

accent

#5ADF48

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAD35

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

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