#BDAE47#BDAE47

#BDAE47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.124 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE47
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 71)
HSL	hsl(52, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 62.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.56, -7.15, 53.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.56, 53.78, 97.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% -0.0238 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.124 101)
XYZ	xyz(37.2611, 41.5474, 12.0167)
Luminance	0.4155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE47 #4756BD

analogous

#BD7347 #BDAE47 #91BD47

triadic

#BDAE47 #47BDAE #AE47BD

tetradic

#BDAE47 #47BD73 #4756BD #BD4791

square

#BDAE47 #47BD73 #4756BD #BD4791

split-complementary

#BDAE47 #4791BD #7347BD

monochromatic

#655D24 #928634 #BDAE47 #CDC274 #DDD6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BDAE47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#BDAE47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE47

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE47	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)

#BDA93B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.124 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c57f',
    500: '#bdae47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae47;
$custom-light: #d4c57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.373,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74374,
    "c": 0.12411,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.41546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE47

secondary

#969CCA

accent

#62D751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE47

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

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