#BDAD40#BDAD40

#BDAD40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.129 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAD40
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 64)
HSL	hsl(52, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 66.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.23, -7.07, 55.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.23, 56.43, 97.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% -0.0243 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.129 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.8568, 41.0777, 10.8369)
Luminance	0.4108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAD40 #4050BD

analogous

#BD6F40 #BDAD40 #8FBD40

triadic

#BDAD40 #40BDAD #AD40BD

tetradic

#BDAD40 #40BD6F #4050BD #BD408F

square

#BDAD40 #40BD6F #4050BD #BD408F

split-complementary

#BDAD40 #408FBD #6F40BD

monochromatic

#625921 #8F8331 #BDAD40 #CDC16D #DDD49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BDAD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#BDAD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAD40

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAD40	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdad40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.129 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c57a',
    500: '#bdad40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdad40;
$custom-light: #d4c57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdad40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.32,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74095,
    "c": 0.12875,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAD40

secondary

#9097C9

accent

#61D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAD40

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

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