#BDAE25#BDAE25

#BDAE25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.146 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE25
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 37)
HSL	hsl(54, 67%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(54, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 80.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.33, -8.84, 65.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.33, 66.43, 97.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% -0.032 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.146 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.4580, 41.2261, 7.7870)
Luminance	0.4122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE25 #2534BD

analogous

#BD6225 #BDAE25 #80BD25

triadic

#BDAE25 #25BDAE #AE25BD

tetradic

#BDAE25 #25BD62 #2534BD #BD2580

square

#BDAE25 #25BD62 #2534BD #BD2580

split-complementary

#BDAE25 #2580BD #6225BD

monochromatic

#575011 #8A7F1B #BDAE25 #DBCC45 #E5DA78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BDAE25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#BDAE25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE25

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE25	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)

#C3AF30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.146 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c56d',
    500: '#bdae25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae25;
$custom-light: #d5c56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.079,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74125,
    "c": 0.14594,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE25

secondary

#727BCC

accent

#4FEA3E

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FBF8EC

border

#D4D1C7

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE25

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

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