#BDAE23#BDAE23

#BDAE23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.147 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE23
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 35)
HSL	hsl(54, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(54, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 81.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.33, -8.90, 66.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.33, 66.99, 97.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.0324 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.147 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.4274, 41.2139, 7.6261)
Luminance	0.4121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE23 #2332BD

analogous

#BD6123 #BDAE23 #7FBD23

triadic

#BDAE23 #23BDAE #AE23BD

tetradic

#BDAE23 #23BD61 #2332BD #BD237F

square

#BDAE23 #23BD61 #2332BD #BD237F

split-complementary

#BDAE23 #237FBD #6123BD

monochromatic

#564F10 #897E19 #BDAE23 #DCCD41 #E5DA75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BDAE23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#BDAE23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE23

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE23	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)

#C3AF2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.147 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c56c',
    500: '#bdae23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae23;
$custom-light: #d5c56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.156,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74115,
    "c": 0.14682,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE23

secondary

#6F78CD

accent

#4DEC3C

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FBF8EC

border

#D4D1C7

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE23

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

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