#BDAE45#BDAE45

#BDAE45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.126 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE45
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 69)
HSL	hsl(53, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 63.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.54, -7.29, 54.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.54, 54.65, 97.66°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% -0.0244 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.126 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1980, 41.5221, 11.6843)
Luminance	0.4152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE45 #4554BD

analogous

#BD7245 #BDAE45 #90BD45

triadic

#BDAE45 #45BDAE #AE45BD

tetradic

#BDAE45 #45BD72 #4554BD #BD4590

square

#BDAE45 #45BD72 #4554BD #BD4590

split-complementary

#BDAE45 #4590BD #7245BD

monochromatic

#645C24 #918634 #BDAE45 #CDC272 #DDD59F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BDAE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#BDAE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE45

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE45	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)

#BDA939

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.126 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c57d',
    500: '#bdae45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae45;
$custom-light: #d4c57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74354,
    "c": 0.12574,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE45

secondary

#949BCA

accent

#61D751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE45

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

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