#BDAD46#BDAD46

#BDAD46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.124 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAD46
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 70)
HSL	hsl(52, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 63%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.28, -6.70, 53.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.28, 53.86, 97.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.15% -0.0226 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(74.15% 0.124 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.0368, 41.1497, 11.7850)
Luminance	0.4115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAD46 #4656BD

analogous

#BD7146 #BDAD46 #91BD46

triadic

#BDAD46 #46BDAD #AD46BD

tetradic

#BDAD46 #46BD71 #4656BD #BD4691

square

#BDAD46 #46BD71 #4656BD #BD4691

split-complementary

#BDAD46 #4691BD #7146BD

monochromatic

#655C24 #928534 #BDAD46 #CDC173 #DDD5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BDAD46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#BDAD46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAD46

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAD46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAD46	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)

#BCA83A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdad46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.124 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c57e',
    500: '#bdad46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdad46;
$custom-light: #d4c57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdad46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.933,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74151,
    "c": 0.12404,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAD46

secondary

#959CCA

accent

#63D751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAD46

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

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