#BDAD52#BDAD52

#BDAD52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.114 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAD52
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 82)
HSL	hsl(51, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 56.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.40, -5.83, 48.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.40, 48.41, 96.92°)
OKLab	oklab(74.28% -0.0187 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(74.28% 0.114 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.4542, 41.3167, 13.9830)
Luminance	0.4132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAD52 #5262BD

analogous

#BD7752 #BDAD52 #97BD52

triadic

#BDAD52 #52BDAD #AD52BD

tetradic

#BDAD52 #52BD77 #5262BD #BD5297

square

#BDAD52 #52BD77 #5262BD #BD5297

split-complementary

#BDAD52 #5297BD #7752BD

monochromatic

#6C6229 #988A3A #BDAD52 #CEC27E #DFD7AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BDAD52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#BDAD52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAD52

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAD52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAD52	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)

#BCA949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdad52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.114 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c585',
    500: '#bdad52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdad52;
$custom-light: #d3c585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdad52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.028,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74281,
    "c": 0.11356,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAD52

secondary

#9EA5CC

accent

#67D453

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAD52

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

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