#BDAE3E#BDAE3E

#BDAE3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.131 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE3E
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 62)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 67.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.48, -7.71, 57.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.48, 57.60, 97.69°)
OKLab	oklab(74.29% -0.0264 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(74.29% 0.131 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.9934, 41.4403, 10.6067)
Luminance	0.4144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE3E #3E4DBD

analogous

#BD6E3E #BDAE3E #8DBD3E

triadic

#BDAE3E #3EBDAE #AE3EBD

tetradic

#BDAE3E #3EBD6E #3E4DBD #BD3E8D

square

#BDAE3E #3EBD6E #3E4DBD #BD3E8D

split-complementary

#BDAE3E #3E8DBD #6E3EBD

monochromatic

#615920 #8F842F #BDAE3E #CEC26A #DDD598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BDAE3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#BDAE3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE3E

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE3E	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)

#BEA92F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.131 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c579',
    500: '#bdae3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae3e;
$custom-light: #d4c579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.913,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74291,
    "c": 0.1311,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE3E

secondary

#8E95C9

accent

#5EDA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE3E

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

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