#BDAD44#BDAD44

#BDAD44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.126 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAD44
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 68)
HSL	hsl(52, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 64%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.26, -6.83, 54.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.26, 54.73, 97.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% -0.0232 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.126 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.9747, 41.1249, 11.4580)
Luminance	0.4112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAD44 #4454BD

analogous

#BD7044 #BDAD44 #90BD44

triadic

#BDAD44 #44BDAD #AD44BD

tetradic

#BDAD44 #44BD70 #4454BD #BD4490

square

#BDAD44 #44BD70 #4454BD #BD4490

split-complementary

#BDAD44 #4490BD #7044BD

monochromatic

#635B23 #918433 #BDAD44 #CDC171 #DDD59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BDAD44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#BDAD44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAD44

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAD44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAD44	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)

#BCA837

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdad44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.126 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c57d',
    500: '#bdad44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdad44;
$custom-light: #d4c57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdad44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.066,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74132,
    "c": 0.12565,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAD44

secondary

#939BC9

accent

#62D750

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAD44

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

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