#BDAE48#BDAE48

#BDAE48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.123 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE48
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 72)
HSL	hsl(52, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 61.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.57, -7.09, 52.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.57, 53.34, 97.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.38% -0.0235 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(74.38% 0.123 101)
XYZ	xyz(37.2935, 41.5603, 12.1872)
Luminance	0.4156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE48 #4857BD

analogous

#BD7348 #BDAE48 #91BD48

triadic

#BDAE48 #48BDAE #AE48BD

tetradic

#BDAE48 #48BD73 #4857BD #BD4891

square

#BDAE48 #48BD73 #4857BD #BD4891

split-complementary

#BDAE48 #4891BD #7348BD

monochromatic

#665E25 #938735 #BDAE48 #CDC275 #DDD6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BDAE48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#BDAE48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE48

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE48	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)

#BDA93C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.123 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c57f',
    500: '#bdae48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae48;
$custom-light: #d4c57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.308,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74384,
    "c": 0.12327,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.41559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE48

secondary

#979DCA

accent

#62D751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE48

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

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