#BDAD37#BDAD37

#BDAD37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.135 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAD37
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 55)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.16, -7.57, 59.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.16, 60.04, 97.24°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% -0.0267 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.135 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.6211, 40.9834, 9.5953)
Luminance	0.4098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAD37 #3747BD

analogous

#BD6A37 #BDAD37 #8ABD37

triadic

#BDAD37 #37BDAD #AD37BD

tetradic

#BDAD37 #37BD6A #3747BD #BD378A

square

#BDAD37 #37BD6A #3747BD #BD378A

split-complementary

#BDAD37 #378ABD #6A37BD

monochromatic

#5E561B #8E8229 #BDAD37 #D1C360 #DFD590

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BDAD37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#BDAD37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAD37

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAD37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAD37	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA825

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdad37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.135 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c575',
    500: '#bdad37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdad37;
$custom-light: #d4c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdad37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.836,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74022,
    "c": 0.13511,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAD37

secondary

#868EC9

accent

#5BDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAD37

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

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