#BDAD39#BDAD39

#BDAD39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.134 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAD39
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 57)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 69.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.18, -7.46, 58.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.18, 59.26, 97.23°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% -0.0262 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.134 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.6700, 41.0030, 9.8529)
Luminance	0.4100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAD39 #3949BD

analogous

#BD6B39 #BDAD39 #8BBD39

triadic

#BDAD39 #39BDAD #AD39BD

tetradic

#BDAD39 #39BD6B #3949BD #BD398B

square

#BDAD39 #39BD6B #3949BD #BD398B

split-complementary

#BDAD39 #398BBD #6B39BD

monochromatic

#5F571D #8E822B #BDAD39 #D0C363 #DED592

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BDAD39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#BDAD39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAD39

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAD39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAD39	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)

#BDA828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdad39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.134 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c576',
    500: '#bdad39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdad39;
$custom-light: #d4c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdad39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.727,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74037,
    "c": 0.13377,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAD39

secondary

#8990C9

accent

#5CDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAD39

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

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