#BDAD4A#BDAD4A

#BDAD4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.121 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAD4A
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 74)
HSL	hsl(52, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 60.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, -6.42, 51.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 52.09, 97.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% -0.0213 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.121 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1673, 41.2019, 12.4722)
Luminance	0.4120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAD4A #4A5ABD

analogous

#BD744A #BDAD4A #94BD4A

triadic

#BDAD4A #4ABDAD #AD4ABD

tetradic

#BDAD4A #4ABD74 #4A5ABD #BD4A94

square

#BDAD4A #4ABD74 #4A5ABD #BD4A94

split-complementary

#BDAD4A #4A94BD #744ABD

monochromatic

#675E26 #948736 #BDAD4A #CDC177 #DED6A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BDAD4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#BDAD4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAD4A

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAD4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAD4A	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)

#BCA83F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdad4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.121 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c580',
    500: '#bdad4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdad4a;
$custom-light: #d4c580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdad4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.652,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74192,
    "c": 0.1207,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAD4A

secondary

#989FCB

accent

#64D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAD4A

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

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