#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
RGBrgb(189, 173, 57)
HSLhsl(53, 54%, 48%)
HSVhsv(53, 70%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 8.5%, 69.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(70.18, -7.46, 58.79)
CIE-LCHlch(70.18, 59.26, 97.23°)
OKLaboklab(74.04% -0.0262 0.1312)
OKLCHoklch(74.04% 0.134 101.3)
XYZxyz(36.6700, 41.0030, 9.8529)
Luminance0.4100 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##BDAD391.002.289.209.20
#FFFFFF2.281.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2021.001.001.00
##0000009.2021.001.001.00

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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#BDAD39 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva