#BDAD3F#BDAD3F

#BDAD3F 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	#BDAD3F
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 63)
HSL	hsl(52, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 66.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.22, -7.13, 56.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.22, 56.85, 97.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% -0.0246 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.13 101)
XYZ	xyz(36.8286, 41.0664, 10.6884)
Luminance	0.4107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAD3F #3F4FBD

analogous

#BD6E3F #BDAD3F #8EBD3F

triadic

#BDAD3F #3FBDAD #AD3FBD

tetradic

#BDAD3F #3FBD6E #3F4FBD #BD3F8E

square

#BDAD3F #3FBD6E #3F4FBD #BD3F8E

split-complementary

#BDAD3F #3F8EBD #6E3FBD

monochromatic

#615920 #8F8330 #BDAD3F #CEC16B #DDD499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BDAD3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#BDAD3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAD3F

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAD3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAD3F	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)

#BDA831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdad3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.130 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c57a',
    500: '#bdad3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdad3f;
$custom-light: #d4c57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdad3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.381,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74086,
    "c": 0.1295,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.41065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAD3F

secondary

#8F96C9

accent

#60DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAD3F

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

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