#BDAD50#BDAD50

#BDAD50 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.115 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAD50
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 80)
HSL	hsl(51, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 57.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.38, -5.99, 48.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.38, 49.34, 96.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.26% -0.0194 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(74.26% 0.115 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.3792, 41.2867, 13.5880)
Luminance	0.4128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAD50 #5060BD

analogous

#BD7750 #BDAD50 #96BD50

triadic

#BDAD50 #50BDAD #AD50BD

tetradic

#BDAD50 #50BD77 #5060BD #BD5096

square

#BDAD50 #50BD77 #5060BD #BD5096

split-complementary

#BDAD50 #5096BD #7750BD

monochromatic

#6A6128 #978939 #BDAD50 #CEC27C #DFD7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BDAD50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#BDAD50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAD50

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAD50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAD50	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdad50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.115 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c584',
    500: '#bdad50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdad50;
$custom-light: #d3c584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdad50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.193,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74258,
    "c": 0.1154,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAD50

secondary

#9DA4CC

accent

#66D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAD50

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

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