#BDAD42#BDAD42

#BDAD42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.127 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAD42
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 66)
HSL	hsl(52, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, -6.95, 55.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 55.59, 97.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.0238 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.127 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.9147, 41.1009, 11.1420)
Luminance	0.4110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAD42 #4252BD

analogous

#BD6F42 #BDAD42 #90BD42

triadic

#BDAD42 #42BDAD #AD42BD

tetradic

#BDAD42 #42BD6F #4252BD #BD4290

square

#BDAD42 #42BD6F #4252BD #BD4290

split-complementary

#BDAD42 #4290BD #6F42BD

monochromatic

#625A22 #908332 #BDAD42 #CDC16F #DDD49D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BDAD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#BDAD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAD42

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAD42	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)

#BDA835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdad42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.127 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c57c',
    500: '#bdad42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdad42;
$custom-light: #d4c57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdad42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.195,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74113,
    "c": 0.12722,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAD42

secondary

#9299C9

accent

#62D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAD42

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

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