#BDAE43#BDAE43

#BDAE43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.127 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE43
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 67)
HSL	hsl(53, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 64.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.52, -7.41, 55.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.52, 55.51, 97.67°)
OKLab	oklab(74.34% -0.025 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(74.34% 0.127 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.1369, 41.4977, 11.3628)
Luminance	0.4150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE43 #4352BD

analogous

#BD7143 #BDAE43 #8FBD43

triadic

#BDAE43 #43BDAE #AE43BD

tetradic

#BDAE43 #43BD71 #4352BD #BD438F

square

#BDAE43 #43BD71 #4352BD #BD438F

split-complementary

#BDAE43 #438FBD #7143BD

monochromatic

#635B23 #908533 #BDAE43 #CDC270 #DDD59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BDAE43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#BDAE43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE43

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE43	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)

#BDA936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.127 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c57c',
    500: '#bdae43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae43;
$custom-light: #d4c57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.623,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74336,
    "c": 0.12732,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE43

secondary

#9399C9

accent

#61D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE43

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

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