#BDAE3A#BDAE3A

#BDAE3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.134 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE3A
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 58)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 69.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.45, -7.93, 58.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.45, 59.21, 97.70°)
OKLab	oklab(74.26% -0.0275 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(74.26% 0.134 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.8876, 41.3980, 10.0497)
Luminance	0.4140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE3A #3A49BD

analogous

#BD6C3A #BDAE3A #8ABD3A

triadic

#BDAE3A #3ABDAE #AE3ABD

tetradic

#BDAE3A #3ABD6C #3A49BD #BD3A8A

square

#BDAE3A #3ABD6C #3A49BD #BD3A8A

split-complementary

#BDAE3A #3A8ABD #6C3ABD

monochromatic

#5F581D #8E832C #BDAE3A #D0C365 #DED593

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BDAE3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#BDAE3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE3A

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE3A	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)

#BEA929

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.134 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c577',
    500: '#bdae3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae3a;
$custom-light: #d4c577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.13,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74258,
    "c": 0.13394,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE3A

secondary

#8A91C9

accent

#5CDC4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE3A

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

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