#BDAE41#BDAE41

#BDAE41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.129 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE41
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 65)
HSL	hsl(53, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 65.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.51, -7.54, 55.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.51, 56.36, 97.68°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% -0.0255 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.129 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.0780, 41.4741, 11.0522)
Luminance	0.4147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE41 #4150BD

analogous

#BD7041 #BDAE41 #8EBD41

triadic

#BDAE41 #41BDAE #AE41BD

tetradic

#BDAE41 #41BD70 #4150BD #BD418E

square

#BDAE41 #41BD70 #4150BD #BD418E

split-complementary

#BDAE41 #418EBD #7041BD

monochromatic

#625A22 #8F8431 #BDAE41 #CDC26E #DDD59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BDAE41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#BDAE41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE41

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE41	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)

#BEA933

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.129 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c57b',
    500: '#bdae41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae41;
$custom-light: #d4c57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.742,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74317,
    "c": 0.12887,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE41

secondary

#9198C9

accent

#60D84F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE41

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

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