#BDAE42#BDAE42

#BDAE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.128 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE42
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 66)
HSL	hsl(53, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.51, -7.47, 55.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.51, 55.94, 97.68°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% -0.0253 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.128 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.1072, 41.4858, 11.2062)
Luminance	0.4148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE42 #4251BD

analogous

#BD7142 #BDAE42 #8EBD42

triadic

#BDAE42 #42BDAE #AE42BD

tetradic

#BDAE42 #42BD71 #4251BD #BD428E

square

#BDAE42 #42BD71 #4251BD #BD428E

split-complementary

#BDAE42 #428EBD #7142BD

monochromatic

#625A22 #908432 #BDAE42 #CDC16F #DDD59D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BDAE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#BDAE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE42

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE42	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.128 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c57c',
    500: '#bdae42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae42;
$custom-light: #d4c57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.683,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74326,
    "c": 0.1281,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE42

secondary

#9299C9

accent

#61D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE42

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

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