#BDAE36#BDAE36

#BDAE36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.137 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE36
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 54)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, -8.14, 60.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 60.75, 97.70°)
OKLab	oklab(74.23% -0.0285 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(74.23% 0.137 102)
XYZ	xyz(36.7898, 41.3589, 9.5345)
Luminance	0.4136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE36 #3645BD

analogous

#BD6A36 #BDAE36 #89BD36

triadic

#BDAE36 #36BDAE #AE36BD

tetradic

#BDAE36 #36BD6A #3645BD #BD3689

square

#BDAE36 #36BD6A #3645BD #BD3689

split-complementary

#BDAE36 #3689BD #6A36BD

monochromatic

#5E561B #8D8228 #BDAE36 #D1C55F #DFD68F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BDAE36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#BDAE36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE36

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE36	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)

#BEA923

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.137 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c575',
    500: '#bdae36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae36;
$custom-light: #d4c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74228,
    "c": 0.13661,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.41357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE36

secondary

#858DC9

accent

#5ADF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE36

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

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