#BDAE3B#BDAE3B

#BDAE3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.133 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE3B
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 59)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 68.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.46, -7.88, 58.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.46, 58.81, 97.70°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% -0.0272 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.133 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.9133, 41.4083, 10.1850)
Luminance	0.4141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE3B #3B4ABD

analogous

#BD6D3B #BDAE3B #8BBD3B

triadic

#BDAE3B #3BBDAE #AE3BBD

tetradic

#BDAE3B #3BBD6D #3B4ABD #BD3B8B

square

#BDAE3B #3BBD6D #3B4ABD #BD3B8B

split-complementary

#BDAE3B #3B8BBD #6D3BBD

monochromatic

#60581E #8E832C #BDAE3B #CFC366 #DED595

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BDAE3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#BDAE3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE3B

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE3B	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)

#BEA92B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.133 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c578',
    500: '#bdae3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae3b;
$custom-light: #d4c578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.077,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74266,
    "c": 0.13325,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE3B

secondary

#8B92C9

accent

#5DDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE3B

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

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