#BDAD45#BDAD45

#BDAD45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.125 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAD45
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 69)
HSL	hsl(52, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 63.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.27, -6.76, 53.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.27, 54.30, 97.15°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% -0.0229 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.125 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.0055, 41.1372, 11.6201)
Luminance	0.4114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAD45 #4555BD

analogous

#BD7145 #BDAD45 #91BD45

triadic

#BDAD45 #45BDAD #AD45BD

tetradic

#BDAD45 #45BD71 #4555BD #BD4591

square

#BDAD45 #45BD71 #4555BD #BD4591

split-complementary

#BDAD45 #4591BD #7145BD

monochromatic

#645B24 #918534 #BDAD45 #CDC172 #DDD59F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BDAD45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#BDAD45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAD45

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAD45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAD45	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdad45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.125 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c57d',
    500: '#bdad45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdad45;
$custom-light: #d4c57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdad45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74142,
    "c": 0.12485,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAD45

secondary

#949BCA

accent

#63D751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAD45

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

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