#BDAE40#BDAE40

#BDAE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.130 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE40
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 64)
HSL	hsl(53, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 66.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.50, -7.60, 56.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.50, 56.78, 97.69°)
OKLab	oklab(74.31% -0.0258 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(74.31% 0.13 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.0493, 41.4626, 10.9010)
Luminance	0.4146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE40 #404FBD

analogous

#BD7040 #BDAE40 #8EBD40

triadic

#BDAE40 #40BDAE #AE40BD

tetradic

#BDAE40 #40BD70 #404FBD #BD408E

square

#BDAE40 #40BD70 #404FBD #BD408E

split-complementary

#BDAE40 #408EBD #7040BD

monochromatic

#625A21 #8F8431 #BDAE40 #CDC26D #DDD59A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BDAE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#BDAE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE40

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE40	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)

#BEA932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.130 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c57a',
    500: '#bdae40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae40;
$custom-light: #d4c57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.8,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74308,
    "c": 0.12962,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE40

secondary

#9097C9

accent

#5FD94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE40

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

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