#BDAD3C#BDAD3C

#BDAD3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.132 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAD3C
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 60)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 68.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.20, -7.30, 57.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.20, 58.07, 97.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% -0.0254 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.132 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.7470, 41.0338, 10.2588)
Luminance	0.4103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAD3C #3C4CBD

analogous

#BD6D3C #BDAD3C #8DBD3C

triadic

#BDAD3C #3CBDAD #AD3CBD

tetradic

#BDAD3C #3CBD6D #3C4CBD #BD3C8D

square

#BDAD3C #3CBD6D #3C4CBD #BD3C8D

split-complementary

#BDAD3C #3C8DBD #6D3CBD

monochromatic

#60581F #8F822D #BDAD3C #CFC267 #DED596

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BDAD3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#BDAD3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAD3C

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAD3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAD3C	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA82C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdad3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.132 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c578',
    500: '#bdad3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdad3c;
$custom-light: #d4c578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdad3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.558,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74061,
    "c": 0.13168,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAD3C

secondary

#8C93C9

accent

#5EDB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAD3C

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

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