#BDAE21#BDAE21

#BDAE21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.148 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE21
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 33)
HSL	hsl(54, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(54, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 82.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, -8.96, 66.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 67.53, 97.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.0327 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.148 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.3986, 41.2024, 7.4741)
Luminance	0.4120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE21 #2130BD

analogous

#BD6021 #BDAE21 #7EBD21

triadic

#BDAE21 #21BDAE #AE21BD

tetradic

#BDAE21 #21BD60 #2130BD #BD217E

square

#BDAE21 #21BD60 #2130BD #BD217E

split-complementary

#BDAE21 #217EBD #6021BD

monochromatic

#554E0F #897E18 #BDAE21 #DDCE3E #E6DB72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BDAE21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#BDAE21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE21

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE21	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)

#BFA800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.148 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c56b',
    500: '#bdae21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae21;
$custom-light: #d5c56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.231,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74107,
    "c": 0.14766,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE21

secondary

#6D76CD

accent

#4CED3B

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FBF8EC

border

#D4D1C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE21

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

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