#BDAE3C#BDAE3C

#BDAE3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.133 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE3C
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 60)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 68.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.47, -7.82, 57.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.47, 58.41, 97.70°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% -0.0269 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.133 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.9395, 41.4187, 10.3229)
Luminance	0.4142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE3C #3C4BBD

analogous

#BD6E3C #BDAE3C #8CBD3C

triadic

#BDAE3C #3CBDAE #AE3CBD

tetradic

#BDAE3C #3CBD6E #3C4BBD #BD3C8C

square

#BDAE3C #3CBD6E #3C4BBD #BD3C8C

split-complementary

#BDAE3C #3C8CBD #6E3CBD

monochromatic

#60581F #8F832D #BDAE3C #CFC367 #DED596

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BDAE3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#BDAE3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE3C

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE3C	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)

#BEA92C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.133 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c578',
    500: '#bdae3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae3c;
$custom-light: #d4c578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.023,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74274,
    "c": 0.13254,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE3C

secondary

#8C93C9

accent

#5DDB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE3C

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

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