#BDAD3D#BDAD3D

#BDAD3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.131 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAD3D
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 61)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 67.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.21, -7.25, 57.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.21, 57.67, 97.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% -0.0252 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.131 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.7737, 41.0445, 10.3993)
Luminance	0.4104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAD3D #3D4DBD

analogous

#BD6D3D #BDAD3D #8DBD3D

triadic

#BDAD3D #3DBDAD #AD3DBD

tetradic

#BDAD3D #3DBD6D #3D4DBD #BD3D8D

square

#BDAD3D #3DBD6D #3D4DBD #BD3D8D

split-complementary

#BDAD3D #3D8DBD #6D3DBD

monochromatic

#60581F #8F832E #BDAD3D #CEC269 #DDD597

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BDAD3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#BDAD3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAD3D

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAD3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAD3D	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)

#BDA82E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdad3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.131 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c579',
    500: '#bdad3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdad3d;
$custom-light: #d4c579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdad3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74069,
    "c": 0.13096,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAD3D

secondary

#8D94C9

accent

#5FDB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAD3D

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

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