#BDAD48#BDAD48

#BDAD48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.122 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAD48
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 72)
HSL	hsl(52, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 61.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.30, -6.56, 52.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.30, 52.98, 97.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% -0.022 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.122 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.1010, 41.1754, 12.1230)
Luminance	0.4117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAD48 #4858BD

analogous

#BD7248 #BDAD48 #92BD48

triadic

#BDAD48 #48BDAD #AD48BD

tetradic

#BDAD48 #48BD72 #4858BD #BD4892

square

#BDAD48 #48BD72 #4858BD #BD4892

split-complementary

#BDAD48 #4892BD #7248BD

monochromatic

#665D25 #938635 #BDAD48 #CDC175 #DDD5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BDAD48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#BDAD48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAD48

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAD48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAD48	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	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)

#BCA83D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdad48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.122 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c57f',
    500: '#bdad48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdad48;
$custom-light: #d4c57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdad48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.795,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74171,
    "c": 0.12239,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAD48

secondary

#979ECA

accent

#63D751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAD48

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

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