#BDAD36#BDAD36

#BDAD36 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	#BDAD36
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 54)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.16, -7.62, 59.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.16, 60.42, 97.24°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% -0.027 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.136 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5973, 40.9739, 9.4703)
Luminance	0.4097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAD36 #3646BD

analogous

#BD6936 #BDAD36 #89BD36

triadic

#BDAD36 #36BDAD #AD36BD

tetradic

#BDAD36 #36BD69 #3646BD #BD3689

square

#BDAD36 #36BD69 #3646BD #BD3689

split-complementary

#BDAD36 #3689BD #6936BD

monochromatic

#5E561B #8D8128 #BDAD36 #D1C45F #DFD58F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BDAD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#BDAD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAD36

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAD36	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)

#BDA823

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdad36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.136 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c575',
    500: '#bdad36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdad36;
$custom-light: #d4c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdad36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.889,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74014,
    "c": 0.13576,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAD36

secondary

#858DC9

accent

#5BDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAD36

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

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