#BDAE46#BDAE46

#BDAE46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.125 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE46
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 70)
HSL	hsl(52, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 63%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.55, -7.22, 53.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.55, 54.22, 97.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% -0.0241 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.125 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.2293, 41.5347, 11.8491)
Luminance	0.4153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE46 #4655BD

analogous

#BD7246 #BDAE46 #90BD46

triadic

#BDAE46 #46BDAE #AE46BD

tetradic

#BDAE46 #46BD72 #4655BD #BD4690

square

#BDAE46 #46BD72 #4655BD #BD4690

split-complementary

#BDAE46 #4690BD #7246BD

monochromatic

#655D24 #928634 #BDAE46 #CDC273 #DDD5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BDAE46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#BDAE46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE46

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE46	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA93A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.125 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c57e',
    500: '#bdae46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae46;
$custom-light: #d4c57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.437,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74364,
    "c": 0.12492,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE46

secondary

#959CCA

accent

#62D751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE46

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

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