#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
RGBrgb(189, 173, 80)
HSLhsl(51, 45%, 53%)
HSVhsv(51, 58%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 8.5%, 57.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(70.38, -5.99, 48.98)
CIE-LCHlch(70.38, 49.34, 96.97°)
OKLaboklab(74.26% -0.0194 0.1138)
OKLCHoklch(74.26% 0.115 99.7)
XYZxyz(37.3792, 41.2867, 13.5880)
Luminance0.4128 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

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
##BDAD501.002.279.269.26
#FFFFFF2.271.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2621.001.001.00
##0000009.2621.001.001.00

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

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#BDAD50 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva