#BDAE2E#BDAE2E

#BDAE2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.141 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE2E
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 46)
HSL	hsl(54, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 75.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.38, -8.50, 63.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.38, 63.60, 97.68°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% -0.0303 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.141 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.6171, 41.2898, 8.6252)
Luminance	0.4129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE2E #2E3DBD

analogous

#BD662E #BDAE2E #84BD2E

triadic

#BDAE2E #2EBDAE #AE2EBD

tetradic

#BDAE2E #2EBD66 #2E3DBD #BD2E84

square

#BDAE2E #2EBD66 #2E3DBD #BD2E84

split-complementary

#BDAE2E #2E84BD #662EBD

monochromatic

#5B5316 #8C8122 #BDAE2E #D5C853 #E1D784

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BDAE2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#BDAE2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE2E

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE2E	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)

#BEA813

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.141 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c571',
    500: '#bdae2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae2e;
$custom-light: #d5c571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.706,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74174,
    "c": 0.1414,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE2E

secondary

#7C85CA

accent

#55E444

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE2E

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

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