#BDAE37#BDAE37

#BDAE37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.136 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE37
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 55)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, -8.09, 59.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 60.37, 97.70°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% -0.0282 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.136 102)
XYZ	xyz(36.8135, 41.3683, 9.6595)
Luminance	0.4137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE37 #3746BD

analogous

#BD6B37 #BDAE37 #89BD37

triadic

#BDAE37 #37BDAE #AE37BD

tetradic

#BDAE37 #37BD6B #3746BD #BD3789

square

#BDAE37 #37BD6B #3746BD #BD3789

split-complementary

#BDAE37 #3789BD #6B37BD

monochromatic

#5E571B #8E8229 #BDAE37 #D1C460 #DFD690

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BDAE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#BDAE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE37

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE37	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	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)

#BEA924

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.136 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c575',
    500: '#bdae37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae37;
$custom-light: #d4c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.284,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74235,
    "c": 0.13596,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.41367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE37

secondary

#868EC9

accent

#5ADE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE37

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

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