#BDAD49#BDAD49

#BDAD49 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 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAD49
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 73)
HSL	hsl(52, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 61.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.31, -6.49, 52.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.31, 52.54, 97.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% -0.0216 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.122 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.1339, 41.1885, 12.2962)
Luminance	0.4119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAD49 #4959BD

analogous

#BD7349 #BDAD49 #93BD49

triadic

#BDAD49 #49BDAD #AD49BD

tetradic

#BDAD49 #49BD73 #4959BD #BD4993

square

#BDAD49 #49BD73 #4959BD #BD4993

split-complementary

#BDAD49 #4993BD #7349BD

monochromatic

#665D25 #938635 #BDAD49 #CDC176 #DED5A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BDAD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#BDAD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAD49

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAD49	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA83E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdad49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.122 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c580',
    500: '#bdad49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdad49;
$custom-light: #d4c580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdad49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.724,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74182,
    "c": 0.12154,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAD49

secondary

#979ECA

accent

#64D651

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAD49

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

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