#BDAE32#BDAE32

#BDAE32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.139 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE32
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 50)
HSL	hsl(54, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(54, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 73.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.40, -8.33, 61.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.40, 62.21, 97.69°)
OKLab	oklab(74.2% -0.0294 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(74.2% 0.139 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.6997, 41.3228, 9.0600)
Luminance	0.4132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE32 #3241BD

analogous

#BD6932 #BDAE32 #87BD32

triadic

#BDAE32 #32BDAE #AE32BD

tetradic

#BDAE32 #32BD69 #3241BD #BD3287

square

#BDAE32 #32BD69 #3241BD #BD3287

split-complementary

#BDAE32 #3287BD #6932BD

monochromatic

#5C5518 #8D8125 #BDAE32 #D3C659 #E0D789

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BDAE32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#BDAE32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE32

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE32	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)

#BEA91B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.139 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c573',
    500: '#bdae32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae32;
$custom-light: #d5c573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.525,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.742,
    "c": 0.13909,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE32

secondary

#8189CA

accent

#57E146

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE32

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

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