#BDAE3D#BDAE3D

#BDAE3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.132 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE3D
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 61)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 67.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.48, -7.77, 57.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.48, 58.01, 97.70°)
OKLab	oklab(74.28% -0.0267 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(74.28% 0.132 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.9662, 41.4294, 10.4635)
Luminance	0.4143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE3D #3D4CBD

analogous

#BD6E3D #BDAE3D #8CBD3D

triadic

#BDAE3D #3DBDAE #AE3DBD

tetradic

#BDAE3D #3DBD6E #3D4CBD #BD3D8C

square

#BDAE3D #3DBD6E #3D4CBD #BD3D8C

split-complementary

#BDAE3D #3D8CBD #6E3DBD

monochromatic

#60591F #8F832E #BDAE3D #CEC369 #DDD597

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BDAE3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#BDAE3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE3D

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE3D	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA92D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.132 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c579',
    500: '#bdae3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae3d;
$custom-light: #d4c579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.969,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74283,
    "c": 0.13183,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE3D

secondary

#8D94C9

accent

#5EDB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE3D

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

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