#BDAE39#BDAE39

#BDAE39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.135 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE39
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 57)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 69.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.45, -7.99, 59.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.45, 59.60, 97.70°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% -0.0277 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.135 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.8624, 41.3879, 9.9171)
Luminance	0.4139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE39 #3948BD

analogous

#BD6C39 #BDAE39 #8ABD39

triadic

#BDAE39 #39BDAE #AE39BD

tetradic

#BDAE39 #39BD6C #3948BD #BD398A

square

#BDAE39 #39BD6C #3948BD #BD398A

split-complementary

#BDAE39 #398ABD #6C39BD

monochromatic

#5F571D #8E832B #BDAE39 #D0C463 #DED692

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BDAE39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#BDAE39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE39

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE39	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA927

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.135 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c576',
    500: '#bdae39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae39;
$custom-light: #d4c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.182,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74251,
    "c": 0.13462,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE39

secondary

#8990C9

accent

#5BDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE39

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

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