#BDAE2C#BDAE2C

#BDAE2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.142 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE2C
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 44)
HSL	hsl(54, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 76.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.37, -8.58, 63.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.37, 64.27, 97.68°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% -0.0307 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.142 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.5786, 41.2744, 8.4224)
Luminance	0.4127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE2C #2C3BBD

analogous

#BD652C #BDAE2C #83BD2C

triadic

#BDAE2C #2CBDAE #AE2CBD

tetradic

#BDAE2C #2CBD65 #2C3BBD #BD2C83

square

#BDAE2C #2CBD65 #2C3BBD #BD2C83

split-complementary

#BDAE2C #2C83BD #652CBD

monochromatic

#5A5315 #8B8020 #BDAE2C #D6C850 #E2D882

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BDAE2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#BDAE2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE2C

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE2C	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA80D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.142 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c570',
    500: '#bdae2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae2c;
$custom-light: #d5c570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.793,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74162,
    "c": 0.14249,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE2C

secondary

#7A82CB

accent

#53E542

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE2C

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

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