#BDAD43#BDAD43

#BDAD43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.126 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAD43
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 67)
HSL	hsl(52, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 64.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, -6.89, 54.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 55.16, 97.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.12% -0.0235 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(74.12% 0.126 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.9445, 41.1128, 11.2986)
Luminance	0.4111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAD43 #4353BD

analogous

#BD7043 #BDAD43 #90BD43

triadic

#BDAD43 #43BDAD #AD43BD

tetradic

#BDAD43 #43BD70 #4353BD #BD4390

square

#BDAD43 #43BD70 #4353BD #BD4390

split-complementary

#BDAD43 #4390BD #7043BD

monochromatic

#635A23 #908433 #BDAD43 #CDC170 #DDD59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BDAD43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#BDAD43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAD43

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAD43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAD43	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)

#BCA836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdad43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.126 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c57c',
    500: '#bdad43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdad43;
$custom-light: #d4c57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdad43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.131,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74123,
    "c": 0.12644,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAD43

secondary

#939AC9

accent

#62D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAD43

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

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