#BDAD3B#BDAD3B

#BDAD3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.132 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAD3B
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 59)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 68.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.19, -7.36, 58.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.19, 58.47, 97.23°)
OKLab	oklab(74.05% -0.0257 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(74.05% 0.132 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7209, 41.0233, 10.1209)
Luminance	0.4102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAD3B #3B4BBD

analogous

#BD6C3B #BDAD3B #8CBD3B

triadic

#BDAD3B #3BBDAD #AD3BBD

tetradic

#BDAD3B #3BBD6C #3B4BBD #BD3B8C

square

#BDAD3B #3BBD6C #3B4BBD #BD3B8C

split-complementary

#BDAD3B #3B8CBD #6C3BBD

monochromatic

#60581E #8E822C #BDAD3B #CFC266 #DED595

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BDAD3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#BDAD3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAD3B

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAD3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAD3B	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)

#BDA82B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdad3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.132 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c577',
    500: '#bdad3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdad3b;
$custom-light: #d4c577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdad3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.615,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74053,
    "c": 0.13239,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAD3B

secondary

#8B92C9

accent

#5EDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAD3B

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

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