#BDAD3E#BDAD3E

#BDAD3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.130 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAD3E
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 62)
HSL	hsl(52, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 67.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.21, -7.19, 56.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.21, 57.26, 97.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% -0.0249 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.13 101)
XYZ	xyz(36.8009, 41.0553, 10.5425)
Luminance	0.4105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAD3E #3E4EBD

analogous

#BD6E3E #BDAD3E #8EBD3E

triadic

#BDAD3E #3EBDAD #AD3EBD

tetradic

#BDAD3E #3EBD6E #3E4EBD #BD3E8E

square

#BDAD3E #3EBD6E #3E4EBD #BD3E8E

split-complementary

#BDAD3E #3E8EBD #6E3EBD

monochromatic

#615920 #8F832F #BDAD3E #CEC26A #DDD598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BDAD3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#BDAD3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAD3E

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAD3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAD3E	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)

#BDA82F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdad3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.130 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c579',
    500: '#bdad3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdad3e;
$custom-light: #d4c579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdad3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.441,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74078,
    "c": 0.13024,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.41054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAD3E

secondary

#8E95C9

accent

#5FDA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAD3E

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

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