#BDAE33#BDAE33

#BDAE33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.138 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE33
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 51)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 73%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.41, -8.28, 61.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.41, 61.85, 97.69°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% -0.0292 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.138 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7215, 41.3315, 9.1748)
Luminance	0.4133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE33 #3342BD

analogous

#BD6933 #BDAE33 #87BD33

triadic

#BDAE33 #33BDAE #AE33BD

tetradic

#BDAE33 #33BD69 #3342BD #BD3387

square

#BDAE33 #33BD69 #3342BD #BD3387

split-complementary

#BDAE33 #3387BD #6933BD

monochromatic

#5D5519 #8D8226 #BDAE33 #D3C65B #E0D68B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BDAE33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#BDAE33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE33

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE33	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA91D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.138 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c573',
    500: '#bdae33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae33;
$custom-light: #d5c573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.478,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74207,
    "c": 0.13849,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE33

secondary

#828ACA

accent

#58E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE33

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

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