#BDAD3A#BDAD3A

#BDAD3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.133 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAD3A
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 58)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 69.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.19, -7.41, 58.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.19, 58.87, 97.23°)
OKLab	oklab(74.05% -0.026 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(74.05% 0.133 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.6952, 41.0131, 9.9856)
Luminance	0.4101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAD3A #3A4ABD

analogous

#BD6B3A #BDAD3A #8BBD3A

triadic

#BDAD3A #3ABDAD #AD3ABD

tetradic

#BDAD3A #3ABD6B #3A4ABD #BD3A8B

square

#BDAD3A #3ABD6B #3A4ABD #BD3A8B

split-complementary

#BDAD3A #3A8BBD #6B3ABD

monochromatic

#5F571D #8E822C #BDAD3A #D0C365 #DED593

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BDAD3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#BDAD3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAD3A

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAD3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAD3A	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)

#BDA829

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdad3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.133 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c577',
    500: '#bdad3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdad3a;
$custom-light: #d4c577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdad3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.672,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74045,
    "c": 0.13309,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAD3A

secondary

#8A91C9

accent

#5DDC4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAD3A

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

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