#BDAE34#BDAE34

#BDAE34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.138 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE34
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 52)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 72.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.41, -8.24, 60.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.41, 61.49, 97.70°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% -0.0289 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.138 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.7438, 41.3405, 9.2922)
Luminance	0.4134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE34 #3443BD

analogous

#BD6A34 #BDAE34 #87BD34

triadic

#BDAE34 #34BDAE #AE34BD

tetradic

#BDAE34 #34BD6A #3443BD #BD3487

square

#BDAE34 #34BD6A #3443BD #BD3487

split-complementary

#BDAE34 #3487BD #6A34BD

monochromatic

#5D561A #8D8227 #BDAE34 #D2C55C #DFD68C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BDAE34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#BDAE34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE34

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE34	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)

#BEA91F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.138 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c574',
    500: '#bdae34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae34;
$custom-light: #d5c574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.431,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74214,
    "c": 0.13787,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE34

secondary

#838BCA

accent

#58E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE34

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

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