#BDAE44#BDAE44

#BDAE44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.127 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE44
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 68)
HSL	hsl(53, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 64%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.53, -7.35, 54.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.53, 55.09, 97.67°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% -0.0247 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.127 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1672, 41.5098, 11.5222)
Luminance	0.4151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE44 #4453BD

analogous

#BD7144 #BDAE44 #8FBD44

triadic

#BDAE44 #44BDAE #AE44BD

tetradic

#BDAE44 #44BD71 #4453BD #BD448F

square

#BDAE44 #44BD71 #4453BD #BD448F

split-complementary

#BDAE44 #448FBD #7144BD

monochromatic

#635C23 #918533 #BDAE44 #CDC271 #DDD59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BDAE44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#BDAE44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE44

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE44	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)

#BDA937

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.127 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c57d',
    500: '#bdae44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae44;
$custom-light: #d4c57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.562,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74345,
    "c": 0.12653,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE44

secondary

#939AC9

accent

#61D750

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE44

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

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