#BDAD51#BDAD51

#BDAD51 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.114 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAD51
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 57.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.39, -5.91, 48.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.39, 48.88, 96.94°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% -0.019 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.114 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4164, 41.3015, 13.7841)
Luminance	0.4130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAD51 #5161BD

analogous

#BD7751 #BDAD51 #97BD51

triadic

#BDAD51 #51BDAD #AD51BD

tetradic

#BDAD51 #51BD77 #5161BD #BD5197

square

#BDAD51 #51BD77 #5161BD #BD5197

split-complementary

#BDAD51 #5197BD #7751BD

monochromatic

#6B6129 #978939 #BDAD51 #CEC27D #DFD7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BDAD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#BDAD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAD51

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAD51	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)

#BCA948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdad51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.114 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c585',
    500: '#bdad51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdad51;
$custom-light: #d3c585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdad51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.111,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7427,
    "c": 0.11448,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAD51

secondary

#9EA4CC

accent

#66D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAD51

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

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