#BDAD41#BDAD41

#BDAD41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.128 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAD41
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 65)
HSL	hsl(52, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 65.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.24, -7.01, 55.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.24, 56.01, 97.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% -0.0241 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.128 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.8855, 41.0892, 10.9881)
Luminance	0.4109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAD41 #4151BD

analogous

#BD6F41 #BDAD41 #8FBD41

triadic

#BDAD41 #41BDAD #AD41BD

tetradic

#BDAD41 #41BD6F #4151BD #BD418F

square

#BDAD41 #41BD6F #4151BD #BD418F

split-complementary

#BDAD41 #418FBD #6F41BD

monochromatic

#625A22 #8F8331 #BDAD41 #CDC16E #DDD49C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BDAD41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#BDAD41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAD41

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAD41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAD41	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)

#BDA833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdad41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.128 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c57b',
    500: '#bdad41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdad41;
$custom-light: #d4c57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdad41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.258,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74104,
    "c": 0.12799,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAD41

secondary

#9198C9

accent

#61D84F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAD41

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

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